5th Texas Legislature

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The 5th Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853, to February 13, 1854, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853.

Contents

Sessions

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
President pro tempore
M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat, Regular session

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature:

DistrictSenatorPartyTook office
1 Joseph H. Burks Democrat1851
2 Johnson Wren Democrat1853
3 Hart Hardin Democrat1853
4 Malachi W. Allen Democrat1853
5 Jefferson Weatherford Democrat1853
6 Simpson C. Newman Democrat1853
7 M. D. K. Taylor Democrat1851
8 William Thomas Scott Democrat1851 (First time:1846–1847)
9 David Gage Democrat1853
10 Elisha Everett Lott Democrat1853
11 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat1853
12 William G. W. Jowers Democrat1853
13 Madison G. Whitaker Democrat1853
14 James K. Holland Democrat1853
15 William C. Edwards Democrat1853
16 Henry C. Pedigo Democrat1853
17 Mark M. Potter Democrat1851
18 Cornelius McAnelly Democrat1853
19 Charles G. Keenan Democrat1853
20 James W. McDade Democrat1853
21 Elliot McNeil Millican Democrat1853
22 William Harrison "Howdy" Martin Democrat1853
23 James H. Armstrong Democrat1851
24 Guy Morrison Bryan Democrat1853
25 Henry Williams Sublett Democrat1853
26 James T. Lytle Democrat1853
27 Claiborne Kyle Democrat1853
28 Edwin B. Scarborough Democrat1853
29 James H. Durst Democrat1853
30 Antoine Supervièle Democrat1853
31 Isaiah Addison Paschal Democrat1853
32 Isaac Lafayette Hill Democrat1853
33 Rufus Doane Democrat1851

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature. There are 73 districts at this time, 16 of them just created this session:

Membership changes

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
Senator		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 26 James T. Lytle Senator Lytle died February 5, 1854None
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