15th Texas Legislature

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The 15th Texas Legislature met from April 18 to August 21, 1876, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in February 1876 in accordance with the newly-adopted Constitution of 1876.

Contents

Sessions

Party summary

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr., Democrat
President pro tempore
Wells Thompson, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Thomas Reuben Bonner, Democrat

Members

Members of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, April 18, 1876:

Senate

DistrictSenatorPartyTook office
1 Edwin Hobby Democrat1874
2 Peyton Forbes Edwards Democrat1876
3 James W. Motley Democrat1876
4 Walter Riptoe Republican1876
5 Francis M. Henry Democrat1876
6 William Amos Wortham Democrat1876
7 James Postell Douglas Democrat1876 (Prior: 1870–1872)
8 Christopher C. Francis Democrat1876
9 Charles D. Grace Democrat1876
10 B. D. Martin Democrat1876
11 William Blassingame Democrat1876
12 Finis E. Piner Democrat1876
13 Robert S. Guy Democrat1876
14 John R. Henry Democrat1876
15 Thomas J. McCulloch Democrat1876
16 Tillman Smith Democrat1876
17 Walter Moses Burton Republican1874
18 John Thomas Brady 1876
19 Andrew Phelps McCormick Republican1876
20 John W. Carroll Democrat1876
21 William M. Brown Democrat1876
22 John W. Moore Democrat1876 (Prior: 1861–1865)
23 Thomas Ball Democrat1876
24 John D. Stephens Democrat1876
25 Alexander Watkins Terrell Democrat1876
26 William Hamilton Ledbetter Democrat1874
27 Wells Thompson Democrat1876
28 William Henry Crain Democrat1876
29 John Salmon "Rip" Ford Democrat1876 (Prior: 1851–1853)
30 James Harvey McLeary Democrat1876
31 Leonidas Jefferson Storey Democrat1876

House of Representatives

Logan Henderson McCorkle, Sulphur Springs

^ Representative Wilder won a closely contested election, but House Democrats contended that some votes were illegal and seated his Democratic opponent instead.

Membership changes

DistrictOutgoing
Senator		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 16 Tillman Smith Smith resigned November 19, 1876. James R. Burnett January 14, 1879
District 28 William Henry Crain Crain resigned August 20, 1877. Ellsberry R. Lane January 14, 1879
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