9th Texas Legislature

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The 9th Texas Legislature met from November 4, 1861 to March 7, 1863 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1861.

Contents

Sessions

Party summary

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
John McClannahan Crockett
President pro tempore
Robert Henry Guinn, Regular session, First called session

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Constantine W. Buckley, Democrat, November 4, 1861 – December 7, 1861
Nicholas Henry Darnell, [1] Democrat, 7 December 1861–1862
Constantine W. Buckley, Democrat, 1863

Members

Members of the Ninth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 4, 1861

Senate

DistrictSenatorPartyTook office
1 Rufus K. Hartley Democrat1861
2 Anderson F. Crawford Democrat1861
3 M. W. Wheeler Democrat1861
4 Lewis F. Casey Democrat1861
5 Jesse H. Parsons Democrat1861
6 Matthew Fielding Locke Democrat1861
7 John W. Moore Democrat1861
8 William C. Batte Democrat1861
9 Samuel Bell Maxey [2] Democrat1861
10 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat1861
11 John H. Burnett Democrat1861 (First time: 1853–1857)
12 Benjamin T. Selman Democrat1861
13 Jefferson Weatherford Democrat1861
14 John F. Crawford Democrat1863
15 J. J. Dickson Democrat1857
16 A. N. Jordan [3] Democrat1861
17 Anthony Martin Branch Democrat1861
18 John W. Durant Democrat1861
19 John Boyd Democrat1863
20 Alfred T. Obenchain Democrat1863
21 Robert H. Graham Democrat1853
22 John T. Harcourt Democrat1861
23 Chauncey Berkeley Shepard Democrat1861
24 George Preston Finlay Democrat1861
25 Stephen Heard Darden Democrat1861
26 Nathan George Shelley Democrat1861
27 John N. Houston Democrat1859
28 George Bernard Erath Democrat1863 (First time: 1855–1857)
29 Pryor Lea Democrat1861
30 N. A. Mitchell [4] Democrat1863
31 Erastus Reed Democrat1861
32 Edwin B. Scarborough Democrat1853
33 Henry C. Cook Democrat1861

House of Representatives

Membership Changes

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
Senator		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
2 Anderson F. Crawford Crawford resigned before February 2, 1863. James W. Andres February 2, 1863
6 Matthew Fielding Locke Locke resigned before December 16, 1861. Stephen W. Beasley December 16, 1861
9 Samuel Bell Maxey Samuel B. Maxey joined the Confederate States Army and did not return to serve in the legislature. Rice Maxey [5] after August 4, 1862
11 John H. Burnett Burnett resigned before February 2, 1863. Leroy W. Cooper February 2, 1863
14 John F. Crawford Crawford resigned September 21, 1863. James B. Davis [6] after October 24, 1863
15 J. J. Dixon Dixon resigned before February 2, 1863. William D. Lair February 2, 1863
17 Anthony Martin Branch Senator Branch resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army. David Catchings Dickson February 2, 1863
20 Alfred T. Obenchain Obenchain resigned February 15, 1862 William Quayle February 3, 1863
24 George Preston Finlay Finlay resigned before February 2, 1863. Samuel Addison White February 2, 1863
25 Stephen Heard Darden Darden resigned before February 2, 1863. Spencer Ford February 2, 1863
26 Nathan George Shelley Shelley resigned April 1, 1862. A. W. Moore February 2, 1863
28 George Bernard Erath Erath resigned before February 2, 1863. George E. Burney February 2, 1863
32 Edwin B. Scarborough Scarborough was murdered on October 7, 1862. Edward R. Hord February 11, 1863

House of Representatives

DistrictOutgoing
Representative		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
Unknown Nicholas Henry Darnell Representative Darnell resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army.UnknownUnknown
Unknown Alfred Marmaduke Hobby Representative Hobby in 1861 to serve in the Confederate States Army.UnknownUnknown
Unknown William Amos Wortham Representative Wortham resigned in 1861 to serve in the Confederate States Army.UnknownUnknown

References

  1. ↑ Darnell resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army.
  2. ↑ District 9: Maxey never appeared.
  3. ↑ District 16: Jordan did not attend the First called session until February 27, 1863.
  4. ↑ District 30: Mitchell did not attend the First called session.
  5. ↑ District 9: Rice Maxey was elected in a special election on August 4, 1862 to succeed his son, Samuel Bell Maxey.
  6. ↑ District 14: James B. Davis was elected in a special election on October 24, 1863.
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