The Third Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1849 to December 3, 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849.
3rd Regular session: November 5, 1849 – February 11, 1850
3rd First called session: August 12, 1850 – September 6, 1850
3rd Second called session: November 18, 1850 – December 3, 1850
Lieutenant Governor
John Alexander Greer, Democrat
President pro tempore
Edward Burleson, Democrat
Speaker of the House
Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature:
Members of the House of Representatives for the Third Texas Legislature:
Hamilton P. Bee
Sam Bogart, Collin County
Guy M. Bryan, Brazoria County
George E. Burney, Democrat
Anthony Butler, Democrat
Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat
David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
Napoleon B. Charlton, Liberty County
R.E. Clements
Jeremiah M. Clough, Harrison County
William M. Cochran
William E. Crump, Austin County
William G. Crump
David C. Dickson, Grimes County
William Fields, Liberty County
Benjamin Cromwell Franklin, Galveston County Democrat
James S. Gillet, Lamar County
Thomas M. Hardeman
William N. Hardeman, Nacogdoches County
Harrison G. Hendricks, Fannin County
James K. Holland, Panola County Democrat
Zimri Hunt
Joshua Foster Johnson, Titus County Democrat
William G. W. Jowers, Houston County Democrat
Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
Henry M. Lewis
Emery Lloyd, Rusk County
Elisha E. Lott, Smith County
Thomas F. McKinney, Galveston County
John H. McNairy
Elliott M. Millican, Brazos County
Clark L. Owen
Alfred E. Pace
John Patrick, Brazos, Leon, and Robertson County
John Polk, San Augustine County
J.M. Reynolds
Hardin R. Runnels, Bowie County
William Jarvis Russell, Fayette County Democrat
James W. Scott, Harris County
Benjamin Selman, Cherokee County
James Shaw
John Shea, Harris County
James G. Sheppard, Washington County
Burrell P. Smith, Red River County
J.M. Smith, Shelby County
Joshua H. Speights
Darwin M. Stapp
Adolphus Sterne, Nacogdoches County Democrat
William H. Stewart
Edward H. Tarrant, Navarro County
Benjamin E. Tarver, Washington County Democrat
Joseph Taylor
Marion D. K. Taylor, Cass County Democrat
William M. Whittlesey
Louis T. Wigfall, Harrison County
James C. Wilson
William M. “Buckskin” Williams, Red River County Democrat
James Charles Wilson, Democrat
William M. “Buckskin” Williams, Red River County
Edward H. Winfield, Cameron County Democrat
Johnson Wren, Hopkins County
^ Campbell was elected in a special election on July 22, 1850.
^ After his resignation, Taylor was reelected in a special election.
