The Sixth Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1855 to September 1, 1856 in its regular session and one adjourned session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1855.
6th Regular session: November 5, 1855 – February 4, 1856
6th Adjourned session: July 7–September 1, 1856
Lieutenant Governor
Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
President pro tempore
Jesse Grimes, Regular session, Adjourned session
Speaker of the House
Hamilton P. Bee
Members of the Texas Senate for the Sixth Texas Legislature:
Members of the House of Representatives for the Sixth Texas Legislature:
John David German Adrian
Hamilton P. Bee
N. B. Charlton
John Winfield Scott Dancy
Isaac N. Dennis
Julien Sidney Devereux
David Catchings Dickson
Mathew Duncan Ector
James Carlton Francis
James Alfred Head
John Rhodes King
Pleasant Williams Kittrell
Matthew Fielding Locke
John Hazelrigg McClanahan
Robert Caldwell Neblett
William Beck Ochiltree
Lewis Owings
Benjamin F. Parker
John Sayles
Ashbel Smith
William Stedman
Benjamin E. Tarver
William S. Taylor
William M. “Buckskin” Williams
Israel Worsham
