23rd Texas Legislature

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23rd Texas Legislature
22nd 24th
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Overview
Legislative body Texas State Legislature
Jurisdiction Texas
TermJanuary 10, 1893 
May 9, 1893
Election 1892 general election
Senate
Members30
President of the Senate Martin McNulty Crane
House of Representatives
Members128
Speaker John Hughes Cochran
Sessions
1stJanuary 10, 1893 – May 9, 1893

The 23rd Texas Legislature met from January 10 to May 9, 1893, in regular session. [1] All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1892 general election.

Contents

Sessions

Party summary

House of Representatives

AffiliationMembersNote
Democratic Party 99
Republican Party 1
Populist8
Total108

Officers

State

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the twenty-third Texas Legislature:

House of Representatives

Members of the Texas House of Representatives for the twenty-third Texas Legislature.

Some districts are multimember or floterial districts.

DistrictRepresentativeCityCountyPartyTook Office
1 Frank Mitchell Ball Texarkana Bowie Democrat1893
2 Daniel Denson Dodd Linden Cass Democrat1893
3 Thomas David Rowell, Sr. Jefferson Marion Democrat1893
4 Alvin Bosley Baker Clarksville Red River Democrat1893
5 Peter Hammonds Rogers Mount Pleasant Titus Democrat1893
6 Enoch Walter Fagan Paris Lamar Democrat1893
Travis Clack Henderson ParisLamarDemocrat1893 (prior: 1883–1887)
7 William Jordan Hood Savoy Fannin Democrat1889
James Walter Sumner Randolph FanninDemocrat1893
8 John Harmon Dills Sherman Grayson Democrat1891
William McCarty Peck Denison Grayson Democrat1893
David Edward Simmons Sherman Grayson Democrat1893
9 Jesse Craft Murrell Coesfield Cooke Democrat1889
10 John Milton Chambers Montague Montague Democrat1893
11 Samuel Green Tankersley Decatur Wise Democrat1893
12 Robert Lee Ragsdale Denton Denton Democrat1893
13 George Bibb Pickett Decatur Wise Democrat1893 (prior: 1874–1881)
14 James Rowland Gough McKinney Collin Democrat1891
James Lafayette Greer McKinney Collin Democrat1893
15 James Stevens Sherrill Greenville Hunt Democrat1893
16 Marshall Hiram Gossett Kaufman Kaufman Democrat1891
17 Samuel S. Frazer Lone Oak Hunt Democrat1893
18 Charles Osborne James Sulphur Springs Hopkins Democrat1893
19 Thomas Wilson Templeton Winnsboro Franklin Democrat1891
20 Robert A. Cain Alba Wood Populist1893
21 Louis P. Wilson Marshall Harrison Democrat1883
22 Jonathan Davenport Rudd Waskom Harrison Democrat1891
23 John Frank Onion Tyler Smith Democrat1893
24 Edward Willis Smith Noonday Smith Democrat1893
25 Benjamin Franklin Phillips West Mountain Upshur Democrat1891
26 Gaines B. Turner Henderson Rusk Democrat1893
27 Jeremiah Heath Long Carthage Panola Democrat1893
28 Levi Lloyd Jacksonville Cherokee Democrat1891
29 Benjamin Franklin Rogers Palestine Anderson Democrat1891
30 Fielding Harvey Bayne Crockett Houston Democrat1893
31 William James Townsend, Sr. Lufkin Angelina Democrat1893
32 Benjamin A. Calhoun Chireno Nacogdoches Populist1893
33 James W. Truitt Center Shelby Democrat1891 (prior: 1881–1883)
34 Moses Lycurgus Broocks San Augustine San Augustine Democrat1893
35 James Columbus Feagin Livingston Polk Democrat1893
36 William Hal Aldridge Rockland Tyler Democrat1893
David Sudduth Lindsey Warren Tyler Democrat1893
37 James Alexander Breeding Houston Harris Democrat1893 (prior: 1889–1891)
John Kennedy Houston Harris Democrat1893
38 Joseph Green Davis Gladstone Walker Democrat1893
David Henry Hamilton Centralia Trinity Democrat1893
39 George Preston Finlay Galveston Galveston Democrat1893 (prior: 1861–1862, 1873–1874, 1879–1883)
Thomas Henry Nolan Galveston Galveston Democrat1893
40 Nathan H. Haller Brazoria Brazoria Republican1893
41 John Adriance Ballowe Richmond Fort Bend Democrat1893
42 Martin McHenry Kenney Bellville Austin Democrat1893
43 Daniel Washington Jackson Weimar Colorado Democrat1893
44 Joseph Marion Kirk Schulenburg Lavaca Democrat1891
45 Charles John Henry Meyer Ellinger Fayette Democrat1893
Joseph Peter Dubina Fayette Democrat1891
46 James Gray Barbee Wharton Wharton Democrat1893
47 Nathan E. Dever Brenham Washington Democrat1893
48 Andrew Chastain Murray Caldwell Burleson Democrat1893
49 George Turner Jackson Unknown Burleson Democrat1893
50 David A. McFall Austin Travis Democrat1893
Thomas Henry Wheless Austin Travis Democrat1893
51 Edgar Huntley Rogan Lockhart Caldwell Democrat1891
52 Thomas Jackson Floyd Elgin Bastrop Populist1893
53 James Andrew Graham Burnet Burnet Democrat1893
54 William E. Barry Navasota Grimes Democrat1893
55 Henry Kirk White Bryan Brazos Democrat1893 (prior: 1883–1885)
56 L. Travis Dashiell Jewett Leon Democrat1893
57 Lewis Napeleon Barbee Wortham Freestone Populist1893
58 Adolphus Samuel Henry Blooming Grove Navarro Democrat1893
59 Thomas Harrison Barron Athens Henderson Democrat1893
60 James Isom Moody Mexia Limestone Democrat1889
61 Jonathan Jackson Davis Kosse Falls Democrat1891 (prior: 1887–1889)
62 Thomas Stalworth Henderson Cameron Milam Democrat1893
63 Romanus Talbot Calvert Robertson Democrat1893
64 John Wesley Alston Thornton Limestone Democrat1893
65 Shelby N. Strange Troy Bell Democrat1891
Spencer Young Killeen Bell Democrat1893
66 Seth Phineas Mills Waco McLennan Democrat1893 (prior: 1879–1881, 1887–1891)
Robert Henry Rogers Waco McLennan Democrat1893
67 Elbert M. Weeks Turnersville Coryell Democrat1893
68 James Andrew Beall Waxahachie Ellis Democrat1892
69 James Donnegan Griffin Alvarado Johnson Populist1893
70 John Miles King Ennis Ellis Democrat1893
71 James Henry Faubion Leander Williamson Democrat1893, (prior: 1885–1891)
72 Montague James Moore Cameron Milam Democrat1893
73 John Hughes Cochran Dallas Dallas Democrat1891 (prior: 1874–1881, 1883–1885)
Patrick Henry Golden Dallas Dallas Democrat1893
A.S. Taylor Lancaster Dallas Democrat1893
74 Bunyan King Rockwall Rockwall Democrat1893
75 Thomas Slater Smith Hillsboro Hill Democrat1893
76 Oba R. Morrison Hico Hamilton Democrat1893
77 William Abner Fields Hillsboro Hill Democrat1893
78 Thomas Benton Maddox Fort Worth Tarrant Democrat1893
Elihu Newton Bransford Tarrant Democrat1893 (prior: 1887–1889)
79 Richard Bartow Hood Weatherford Parker Democrat1891
80 William Ballard Wohlford Acton Hood Democrat1893
81 Marion Lafayette Garrett Palo Pinto Palo Pinto Democrat1893
82 Michael Jefferson Baker Cuero DeWitt Democrat1891
83 Albert G. Kennedy Beeville Bee Democrat1893
84 James Rogers Cocke Rancho Gonzales Populist1893
85 Thomas W. Kennedy Rio Grande City Starr Democrat1893 (prior: 1885–1891)
William Jarvis Russell Brownsville Cameron Democrat1893
86 Albert Urbahn Laredo Webb Democrat1889
87 Atkins Jefferson McLemore Corpus Christi Nueces Democrat1893
88 Frank Russell Graves Helena Karnes Democrat1891
89 William Clark McElwee St. Hedwig Bexar Democrat1891
James Luther Slayden San Antonio Bexar Democrat1891
90 Thomas A. Rodriguez Anchorage Atascosa Democrat1893 (prior: 1882–1883)
91 Blucher Haynes Erskine Derby Frio Democrat1889
92 Friedrich Wilhelm Dorow Pipe Creek Bandera Populist1893
93 James Flack Llano Llano Democrat1893
94 Joseph Frazer Brown Cherokee San Saba Democrat1893 (prior: 1874–1876)
95 Thomas Carlos Wynn San Angelo Tom Green Democrat1893
96 Samuel McKay Simmons Eagle Pass Maverick Democrat1893
William Ward Turney Alpine Brewster Democrat1893
97 Ferdinand Carl Weinert Seguin Guadalupe Democrat1893
98 Clarence White Martin Johnson City Blanco Democrat1893
George Thomas McGehee San Marcos Hays Democrat1893 (prior: 1887–1891)
99 Joseph Newton Chandler Bluff Dale Erath Democrat1893
100 John Thomas Currey Canton Van Zandt Democrat1891 (prior: 1887–1889)
101 Alfred La Fayette Burleson Comanche Comanche Populist1893
102 Jeremiah Rowland Dean La Plata Deaf Smith Democrat1893
103 Samuel Houston Hodges Wichita Falls Wichita Democrat1893
104 William Petit Sebastian Breckenridge Stephens Democrat1893
105 James Kyle Wester Jacksboro Jack Democrat1893
106 Albert Scales Hawkins Midland Midland Democrat1893
107 James Franklin Cunningham Anson Jones Democrat1893
108 Malcolm Leander McFarland Rockwood Coleman Democrat1893

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References

  1. "Legislative Reference Library". Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved October 31, 2024.