21st Texas Legislature

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The 21st Texas Legislature met from January 8 to April 6, 1889, in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1888 general election.

Contents

Sessions

Party summary

House of Representatives

AffiliationMembersNote
Democratic Party 90
Republican Party 3
Independent1
Total94

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Twenty-first Texas Legislature:

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Twentieth Texas Legislature:

DistrictRepresentativeCityCountyPartyTook Office
1 Jerome Swinford Orange Orange DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
2 Travis Cochran Colita Polk DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
3 Henry Ralph Lewis Ferry Jasper DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
4 James Crossland Douglass Nacogdoches DemocratJanuary 8, 1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
5 John Childers San Augustine San Augustine DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
6 Robert Teague Milner Henderson Rusk DemocratJanuary 11, 1887
7 J. Ras Jones Pinehill Panola DemocratJanuary 13, 1885
8 George Alexander Newton Mount Selman Cherokee DemocratJanuary 11, 1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
9 Joseph Johnson Bethel Anderson Democrat1889
10 Joseph B. Bishop Athens Henderson Democrat1889
11 Abram Martin Pittsburg Camp Democrat1889
12 Benjamin Selman Tyler Smith Democrat1889
13 William Murchison Auga Houston Democrat1889 (prior: 1895–1897)
14 Alexander Pope Marshall Harrison Democrat1887
15 Louis P. Wilson Marshall Harrison Democrat1889 (prior: 1883–1885)
16 Lucius Whatley Atlanta Cass Democrat1887
17 James Carwile Atlanta Cass Democrat1889
Blair McGee New Boston Bowie Democrat1889
18 Albert S. Bailey Detroit Red River Democrat1889
19 William Johnson Mount Pleasant Titus Democrat1889
20 M. J. Hathaway Paris Lamar Democrat1889
21 William Hood Savoy Fannin Democrat1889
22 Thomas Hayes Paris Lamar Democrat1889 (prior: 1874–1876)
23 George Jefferson Woodruff Racetrack Delta Democrat1889
24 John Melson Pickton Hopkins Democrat1887
25 Frank P. Alexander Greenville Hunt Democrat1885
26 Thomas Towles Canton Van Zandt Democrat1889 (prior: 1876–1879)
27 John Tolbert Howe Grayson Democrat1887
Thomas J. Brown Sherman Grayson Democrat1889
28 Robert D. Allison McKinney Collin Democrat1889 (prior: 1876–1879, 1884–1885)
29 J. W. Jagoe Denton Denton Democrat1889
30 James W. Campbell Gainesville Cooke Democrat1889
31 Jesse Murrell Coesfield Cooke Democrat1889
32 Alvin Clark Owsley Denton Denton Democrat1889
33 Jesse Strong Dallas Dallas Democrat1887
James Rowland Richardson Dallas Democrat1889
34 Isaac Parker Birdville Tarrant Democrat1889
35 James Crayton Fate Rockwall Democrat1889
36 Andrew Brown Alvarado Johnson Democrat1889
37 William Wood Palmer Ellis Democrat1887
38 James M. C. Wilson Whitney Hill Democrat1889
39 Samuel Frost Corsicana Navarro Democrat1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
40 William McGaughey Granbury Hood Democrat1885
Jesse Jenkins Meridian Bosque Democrat1889
41 John Hudson Marmaduke Wise Democrat1889
42 Charles Ulrich Connellee Eastland Eastland Democrat1889
43 Alfred Tolar Abilene Taylor Democrat1889
44 R. Lankford Bowie Montague Democrat1889
45 George Pickett Decatur Wise Democrat1889 (prior: 1874–1881)
46 Albert Stevenson Weatherford Parker Democrat1889
47 James Dillard Kaufman Kaufman Democrat1889
48 Alexander Asberry Calvert Robertson Republican1889
49 William Cobb Rogers Prairie Leon Democrat1889
50 Elias Mayes Bryan Brazos Republican1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
51 Henry L. Lewis Hearne Robertson Democrat1889
52 William Campbell Anderson Grimes Democrat1889
53 J. Wesson Parker Richmond Fort Bend Democrat1887
54 James A. Breeding Houston Harris Democrat1889
William Dawson Trinity Trinity Democrat1889
William McComb Montgomery Montgomery Democrat1889
55 James Cook Mooresville Falls Independent1889
56 Benjamin Roop Temple Bell Democrat1889
57 James McKinney Jones Prairie Milam Democrat1885
58 James Moody Mexia Limestone Democrat1889
59 George W. White Dew Freestone Democrat1889
60 Jehu Brown Kerens Navarro Democrat1889
61 Seth Mills Speegleville McLennan Democrat1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
62 William Kincaid Groesbeck Limestone Democrat1889
63 Crockett King Leon Junction Coryell Democrat1889
64 Guy Morrison Bryan Galveston Galveston Democrat1888 (prior: 1847–1853, 1874–1876, 1879–1881)
65 Walter Gresham Galveston Galveston Democrat1887
66 Richard H. D. Sorrell Wharton Wharton Democrat1889
67 Ibzan Middlebrook Columbus Colorado Democrat1889
68 Robert W. Thompson Nelsonville Austin Democrat1889
69 James Overton Hackberry Lavaca Democrat1889
70 James McGuire Ledbetter Fayette Democrat1887
Charles B. Welhausen Flatonia Fayette Democrat1889
71 Myers Felder Chappell Hill Washington Democrat1889
72 Jacob A. Fields Giddings Lee Democrat1889
73 James Renick Lexington Lee Democrat1889
74 James M. Robinson Red Rock Bastrop Democrat1889 (prior: 1883–1887)
75 Felix Ezell Smith Bluff Springs Travis Democrat1889 (prior: 1874–1876, 1879–1881, 1883–1887)
William Hamby Austin Travis Democrat1889
76 Norton Moses Strickling Burnet Democrat1889 (prior: 1876–1879)
77 Martin Hancock Goldthwaite Brown Democrat1889
78 James H. Faubion Leander Williamson Democrat1885
79 Sim Whitted Bowser Bend San Saba Democrat1889
80 George Stevenson El Paso El Paso Democrat1889
81 Blucher Erskine Derby Frio Democrat1889
82 Wilbur McDonald Stockdale Wilson Democrat1889
83 Thomas W. Kennedy Rio Grande City Starr Democrat1885
Albert Urbahn Laredo Webb Democrat1889
84 William Williamson Junction City Kimble Democrat1889
85 John Rhodes Millett La Salle Democrat1889
86 David Robinson San Antonio Bexar Democrat1887
William Miller Converse Bexar Democrat1889
87 Edward LeGrand Dunlap Victoria Victoria Democrat1889
Vachel Weldon Cuero DeWitt Democrat1889
88 Robert Rentfro Brownsville Cameron Republican1889
89 William Clemens New Braunfels Comal Democrat1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
90 James Peebles Leesville Gonzales Democrat1889
91 Jacob Ellison Martindale Caldwell Democrat1887
George McGehee San Marcos Hays Democrat1887
92 William Hamblen Houston Harris Democrat1889
93 Richard Levy Longview Gregg Democrat1889
94 Joseph Humphrey Point Rains Democrat1889 (prior: 1885–1887)

^ These are multimember or flotorial districts.

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