1st Texas Legislature

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The 1st Texas Legislature convened from February 16 to May 13, 1846, in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on October 13, 1845, that ratified the proposed state constitution.

Contents

Sessions

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat
President pro tempore
Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
William Crump, Democrat, February 16 – May 1, 1846
William H. Bourland, Democrat, May 1–11, 1846
Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat, May 11–13, 1846
Speaker of the House pro tempore [1]
John "Red" Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846 [2]
Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker March 9–16, 1846 [3]

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:

[4]

DistrictSenatorPartyTook officeLeft office
1 William M. "Buckskin" Williams [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
2 Ballard C. Bagby DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
3 Edward Clark [ data missing ]Elected but never sworn
William Thomas Scott [ data missing ]Elected but never sworn
4 Joseph Lewis Hogg WhigFebruary 16, 1846May 4, 1846
5 Benjamin Rush Wallace DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
6 Jesse J. Robinson DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
7 William C. Abbott [ data missing ]Elected but never sworn
George Tyler Wood DemocratElected but never sworn
8 Henry James Jewett Polk manFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
9 Jesse Grimes [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
10 Isaac Wright Brashear DemocratFebruary 17, 1846December 13, 1847
11 Richard Bache Jr. [ data missing ]Elected but never sworn
Thomas Freeman McKinney Tyler manElected but never sworn
12 John Greenville McNeill DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
13 Philip Minor Cuney DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
14 John F. Miller DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
15 Edward Murray Burleson Tyler manFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
16 Robert McAlpin Williamson DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
17 Alexander H. Phillips Anti-tariffFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
18 José Antonio Navarro [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
19 Henry Lawrence Kinney [ data missing ]Elected but never sworn
F James G. Bourland [5] DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847

House of Representatives

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

DistrictRepresentativePartyTook officeLeft office
Austin William Edmund Crump DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Charles Railey [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Bastrop Evans Mabry [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Bexar Volney Erskine Howard [ data missing ]March 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Duncan Campbell Ogden [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Bowie Berry H. Durham [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Alexander J. Russell [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Brazoria Elisha Marshall Pease [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Stephen W. Perkins DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Brazos Elliott McNeil Millican [ data missing ]February 17, 1846December 13, 1847
Colorado William B. Perry [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Samuel Joseph Redgate DemocratFebruary 17, 1846December 13, 1847
Fannin Samuel McFarland DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Hiram W. Ryburn DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Fayette James P. Hudson [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Charles Mullins DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Fort Bend William S. Rayner DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Galveston James Cronican DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Israel S. Savage DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Goliad Charles F. Augustus Williams WhigFebruary 16, 1846August 4, 1846
Gonzales Benjamin McCulloch DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Arthur Swift DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Harris Peter W. Gray [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
John N. O. Smith [ data missing ]February 17, 1846December 13, 1847
Benjamin F. Tankersly [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Harrison Edward Clark DemocratElected but never sworn
Spearman Holland [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
James B. McCown [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Houston Steward Alexander Miller [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
William Turner Sadler [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Jackson Francis Menefee White [ data missing ]December 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Jasper Z. Williams Eddy [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Jefferson George Alexander Pattillo RepublicanFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Lamar William H. Bourland [ data missing ]February 17, 1846December 13, 1847
Liberty Edward Thomas Branch Tariff manFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Matagorda Henry Jones NullifierFebruary 24, 1846December 13, 1847
Milam George Bernard Erath DemocratFebruary 17, 1846December 13, 1847
Montgomery David Catchings Dickson DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Charles Gradison Keenan DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Archibald McNeill DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Nacogdoches John "Red" Brown [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Haden Harrison Edwards [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Daniel Muckleroy DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Red River Lewis D. Barry [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
James Shackleford Gillett [ data missing ]February 17, 1846December 13, 1847
James Gillam [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Benjamin Gooch [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Robertson George W. Adams [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Wilds K. Cooke DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Rusk Charles F. McClarty [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
James Smith [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Sabine James M. Burroughs [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Jamerson Noble [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
San Augustine William C. Edwards [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Henry Williams Sublett DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
San Patricio Alexander Stevenson [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Shelby William Echols [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
James A. Truitt DemocratFebruary 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Travis William Leslie Cazneau [ data missing ]February 27, 1846December 13, 1847
Victoria John Washington Rose [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Washington Lewis Dupree [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
Van Rensaeller Irion [ data missing ]February 16, 1846December 13, 1847
James Willie [ data missing ]February 17, 1846December 13, 1847

Membership changes

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
Senator		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 3 William Thomas Scott Scott resigned June 5, 1847 due to an eye disease. Edward Clark [6] December 13, 1847
District 4 Joseph Lewis Hogg Hogg was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican–American War, and resigned some time after that. Isaac Parker after May 4, 1846
District 7 George Tyler Wood Wood was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican–American War, and resigned before September 4, 1847. William C. Abbott [7] December 13, 1847
District 11 Thomas Freeman McKinney McKinney resigned after the end of the session (May 13, 1846). Richard Bache [8] December 13, 1847

Notes

  1. ↑ Speaker Crump received a leave of absence during his term of office. Representatives Brown and Branch, each elected in turn as Speaker of the House pro tempore, acted as Speaker during Crump’s absence.
  2. ↑ Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (PDF). Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office. pp. 105–106, 160–162. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
  3. ↑ Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (PDF). Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office. pp. 67–8, 104–5. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
  4. ↑ "The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, ed. 1, Wednesday, May 20, 1846". May 20, 1846.
  5. ↑ Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties
  6. ↑ Clark was elected in a special election on November 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
  7. ↑ Abbott was elected in a special election on November 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
  8. ↑ Bache was elected in a special election on December 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.

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