20th Texas Legislature

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The 20th Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887, in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888, in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 general election.

Contents

Sessions

Party summary

House of Representatives

AffiliationMembersNote
Democratic Party 91
Republican Party 2
People's Party 1
Total94

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

^ Source material was unclear in which order the two Presidents pro tempore served.

Members

Members of the Twentieth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1887:

Senate

DistrictSenatorPartyTook office
1 William L. Douglass 1885
2 Caleb Jackson Garrison Democrat1885
3 William Henry Pope Democrat1883
4 William Thomas Armistead Democrat1887
5 Samuel D. Stinson 1885
6 John Lafayette Camp, Jr. 1885
7 Alexander White Gregg 1887
8 William W. Davis 1887
9 Leonard Anderson Abercrombie Democrat1887
10 John M. Claiborne 1887
11 John Woods Democrat1885
12 Hermann Knittel 1885
13 Jonathan Lane Democrat1887
14 Scott Field 1887
15 Eldred James Simkins 1887
16 J. O. Terrell Democrat1885
17 William Allen 1887
18 Elbridge G. Douglass 1887
19 Temple Lea Houston Democrat1885
20 James Jones Jarvis Democrat1887
21 Samuel C. Upshaw 1887
22 Richard H. Harrison 1885
23 Charles Keith Bell 1885
24 George Washington Glasscock, Jr. Democrat1885
25 William Henry Burges Democrat1887 (Prior: 1881–1883)
26 William H. Woodward 1887
27 Francis E. MacManus 1887
28 Robert Hance Burney 1887
29 James Henry Calhoun 1885
30 Louis N. Frank 1887
31 Henry D. McDonald 1887

House of Representatives

DistrictRepresentativeCityCountyPartyTook office
1 Hugh Jackson Wallisville Jefferson Democrat1887
2 Talvus Wilson Dodge San Jacinto Democrat1887
3 Delana Tompkins Emilee Tyler Democrat1887
4 J. Gilleland Mott Nacogdoches Democrat1887
5 John H. Truit Timpson Shelby Democrat1887
6 Robert Teague Milner Henderson Rusk Democrat1887
7 J. Ras Jones Pinehill Panola Democrat1885
8 George A. Newton Mount Selman Cherokee Democrat1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
9 Bedford Parks Kickapoo Anderson Democrat1887
10 William Larkin Athens Henderson Democrat1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
11 N. M. Harrison Gilmer Upshur Democrat1887
12 Horatio L. Tate Lindale Smith Democrat1885
13 William Page Crockett Houston Democrat1885
14 Alexander Pope Marshall Harrison Democrat1887
15 Tom Davis Center Shelby Democrat1887
16 Lucius Whatley Atlanta Cass Democrat1887
17 William Hudgins Texarkana Bowie Democrat1887
William Skinner Daingerfield Morris Democrat1887
18 James Clark Walnut Grove Red River Democrat1887
19 John Stringer Mount Vernon Franklin Democrat1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
20 James M. Biard Biardstown Lamar Democrat1887
21 Andrew Nicholson Honey Grove Fannin Democrat1887 (prior: 1874–1876)
22 James Sadler Dodd City Lamar Democrat1887
23 George Patterson Ben Franklin Lamar Democrat1887 (prior: 1874–1876)
24 John Melson Sulphur Springs Hopkins Democrat1887
25 Frank P. Alexander Greenville Hunt Democrat1885
26 John Currey Canton Van Zandt Democrat1887
27 John Tolbert Howe Grayson Democrat1887
Free Utiger Denison Grayson Democrat1887
28 James B. Wright McKinney Collin Democrat1887
29 George Huling Lebanon Collin Democrat1887
30 Samuel H. Hargis Gainesville Cooke Democrat1887
31 Robert V. Bell Gainesville Grayson Democrat1887
32 Charles C. Bell Denton Denton Democrat1885
33 Joseph C. Rugel Mesquite Dallas Democrat1887
Jesse Strong Dallas Dallas Democrat1887
34 Elihu Newton Bransford Tarrant Democrat1887
35 Ephraim Heath Rockwall Rockwall Democrat1887
36 Samuel Chapman Stubblefield Johnson Democrat1887
37 William Wood Bristol Ellis Democrat1887
38 Charles Christenberry Hubbard City Hill Democrat1887
39 George Groce Waxahachie Ellis Democrat1887
40 William McGaughey Granbury Hood Democrat1885
W. Smith Cranfills Gap Bosque Democrat1887
41 Tully Fuller Decatur Wise Democrat1887
42 Alexander Latimer Mineral Wells Palo Pinto Democrat1887
43 James Browning Mobeetie Wheeler Democrat1883
44 Felix G. Bransford Newport Montague Democrat1887
45 John Humphreys Aurora Wise Democrat1887
46 James Jarrott Millsap Parker Democrat1887
47 Sanctus Waskom Terrell Kaufman Democrat1887
48 Marlin Garner Bremond Robertson Democrat1887
49 Clement M. Richardson Leona Leon Democrat1887
50 Amos Buchanan Bryan Brazos Democrat1887
51 William F. Sharp Davilla Milam Democrat1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
52 Houston A.P. Bassett Anderson Grimes Republican1887
53 J. Wesson Parker Richmond Fort Bend Democrat1887
54 Gilford Clegg Trinity Trinity Democrat1887
John Kirlicks Houston Harris Democrat1887
Jesse McCaleb Willis Montgomery Democrat1887
55 Jonathan Davis Kosse Falls Democrat1887
56 George Cassety Pendleton Belton Bell Democrat1883
57 James McKinney Jones Prairie Milam Democrat1885
58 A. G. Camp, Jr. Groesbeck Limestone Democrat1883
59 Robert Steele Cotton Gin Freestone Democrat1883
60 Abel Gill Purdon Navarro Democrat1887
61 Seth Mills Waco McLennan Democrat1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
62 Albert Prendergast Waco McLennan Democrat1887
63 Andrew Graves Gatesville Coryell Democrat1887
64 Benjamin Rush Plumley Galveston Galveston Democrat1887 (prior: 1871–1873, 1881–1883)
65 Walter Gresham Galveston Galveston Democrat1887
66 Charles I. Battle Spanish Camp Wharton Democrat1887
67 John Woolsey Oakland Colorado Democrat1887
68 James Shelburne Bellville Austin Democrat1887
69 George Humphreys Bovine Lavaca Democrat1887
70 Wenzel Matejowsky Nechanitz Fayette Republican1887
James McGuire Ledbetter Fayette Democrat1887
71 Robert J. Moore Washington Washington People's Party1883
72 Thomas Hunt Caldwell Burleson Democrat1887
73 John McClanahan Lexington Burleson Democrat1885
74 Hiram Garwood Bastrop Bastrop Democrat1887
75 E. Taylor Moore Austin Travis Democrat1885
Emory W. Smith Merrilltown Travis Democrat1887
76 Alexander Northington Lampasas Lampasas Democrat1887 (prior: 1876–1879)
77 John C.S. Baird Thrifty Brown Democrat1887
78 James H. Faubion Leander Williamson Democrat1885
79 Leonidas L. Shield Trickham Coleman Democrat1887
80 George Wythe Baylor Ysleta El Paso Democrat1887
81 John H. Clark Uvalde Uvalde Democrat1887
82 James Cone Union Wilson Democrat1887
83 Thomas W. Kennedy Rio Grande City Starr Democrat1885
Watterson Showalter Laredo Webb Democrat1887
84 J. Haines Junction City Kimble Democrat1887
85 Thomas A. Blair Oakville Live Oak Democrat1887
86 John Light Sayers Bexar Democrat1887
David Robinson San Antonio Bexar Democrat1887
87 Jonathan Payne Goliad Goliad Democrat1887 (prior: 1873–1874)
George Staples Edna Jackson Democrat1887
88 Francis Latham Brownsville Cameron Democrat1883 (prior: 1855–1859)
89 Carl Goeth Cypress Mill Blanco Democrat1887
90 Joseph Boothe Gonzales Gonzales Democrat1887
91 Jacob Ellison Martindale Caldwell Democrat1887
George McGehee San Marcos Hays Democrat1887
92 Nelson Dolen Houston Harris Democrat1887
93 William C. "Cone" Johnson Tyler Smith Democrat1887
94 John Voorhees Andrews Wood Democrat1887

^ Source material was unclear in which order the representatives served or if they served concurrently.

Membership changes

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
Senator		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 22 Richard H. Harrison Harrison resigned April 20, 1887. Waller Saunders Baker April 16, 1888

House of Representatives

DistrictOutgoing RepresentativeReason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 45 John Humphreys Representative Humphreys resigned after end of regular session (April 4, 1887). Joel W. Booth April 16, 1888
District 46 James Jarrott Representative Jarrott resigned between sessions.None
District 64 Benjamin Rush Plumley Representative Plumley died on December 9, 1887. Guy Morrison Bryan May 2, 1888
District 81 John H. Clark Representative Clark resigned on June 4, 1888.None
District 86 David Robinson Representative Robinson resigned after end of First called session (May 15, 1888).None

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