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The 21st Texas Legislature met from January 8 to April 6, 1889, in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1888 general election .
Sessions [ edit ]
20th Regular session: January 8, 1889 – April 6, 1889
Party summary [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Officers [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Members [ edit ]
Members of the Texas Senate for the Twenty-first Texas Legislature:
Leonard Anderson Abercrombie , Democrat
William Allen , Unaffiliated
William T. Armistead , Democrat
Edwin Augustus Atlee , Democrat
William H. Burges , Democrat
Robert H. Burney , Democrat
John Marshall Claiborne , Democrat
John Walter Cranford , Democrat
William Wallace Davis , Democrat
Elbridge Geary Douglass , Democrat
Scott Field , Democrat
Louis Napoleon Frank , Democrat
George Washington Glasscock, Jr. , Unaffiliated
John H. Harrison , Democrat
James Melville Ingram , Democrat
James J. Jarvis , Democrat
William C. "Cone" Johnson , Democrat
R.S. Kimbrough , Democrat
Jonathan Lane , Democrat
Ernst Gustav Maetze , Democrat
Henry D. McDonald , Democrat
Robert Morris , Democrat
William Henry Pope , Democrat
Kennan Benjamin Seale , Democrat
Henry Taylor Sims , Democrat
John Hall Stephens , Democrat
M.H. Townsend , Democrat
George W. Tyler , Democrat
Samuel Crockett Upshaw , Democrat
William H. Woodward , Democrat
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Members of the House of Representatives for the Twentieth Texas Legislature:
District
Representative
City
County
Party
Took Office
1
Jerome Swinford
Orange
Orange
Democrat
January 8, 1889
2
Travis Cochran
Colita
Polk
Democrat
January 8, 1889
3
Henry Ralph
Lewis Ferry
Jasper
Democrat
January 8, 1889
4
James Crossland
Douglass
Nacogdoches
Democrat
January 8, 1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
5
John Childers
San Augustine
San Augustine
Democrat
January 8, 1889
6
Robert Teague Milner
Henderson
Rusk
Democrat
January 11, 1887
7
J. Ras Jones
Pinehill
Panola
Democrat
January 13, 1885
8
George Alexander Newton
Mount Selman
Cherokee
Democrat
January 11, 1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
9
Joseph Johnson
Bethel
Anderson
Democrat
1889
10
Joseph B. Bishop
Athens
Henderson
Democrat
1889
11
Abram Martin
Pittsburg
Camp
Democrat
1889
12
Benjamin Selman
Tyler
Smith
Democrat
1889
13
William Murchison
Auga
Houston
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1895–1897)
14
Alexander Pope
Marshall
Harrison
Democrat
1887
15
Louis P. Wilson
Marshall
Harrison
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1883–1885)
16
Lucius Whatley
Atlanta
Cass
Democrat
1887
17 [1]
James Carwile
Atlanta
Cass
Democrat
1889
Blair McGee
New Boston
Bowie
Democrat
1889
18
Albert S. Bailey
Detroit
Red River
Democrat
1889
19
William Johnson
Mount Pleasant
Titus
Democrat
1889
20
M. J. Hathaway
Paris
Lamar
Democrat
1889
21
William Hood
Savoy
Fannin
Democrat
1889
22
Thomas Hayes
Paris
Lamar
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1874–1876)
23
George Jefferson Woodruff
Racetrack
Delta
Democrat
1889
24
John Melson
Pickton
Hopkins
Democrat
1887
25
Frank P. Alexander
Greenville
Hunt
Democrat
1885
26
Thomas Towles
Canton
Van Zandt
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1876–1879)
27 [2]
John Tolbert
Howe
Grayson
Democrat
1887
Thomas J. Brown
Sherman
Grayson
Democrat
1889
28
Robert D. Allison
McKinney
Collin
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1876–1879, 1884–1885)
29
J. W. Jagoe
Denton
Denton
Democrat
1889
30
James W. Campbell
Gainesville
Cooke
Democrat
1889
31
Jesse Murrell
Coesfield
Cooke
Democrat
1889
32
Alvin Clark Owsley
Denton
Denton
Democrat
1889
33 [3]
Jesse Strong
Dallas
Dallas
Democrat
1887
James Rowland
Richardson
Dallas
Democrat
1889
34
Isaac Parker
Birdville
Tarrant
Democrat
1889
35
James Crayton
Fate
Rockwall
Democrat
1889
36
Andrew Brown
Alvarado
Johnson
Democrat
1889
37
William Wood
Palmer
Ellis
Democrat
1887
38
James M. C. Wilson
Whitney
Hill
Democrat
1889
39
Samuel Frost
Corsicana
Navarro
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
40 [4]
William McGaughey
Granbury
Hood
Democrat
1885
Jesse Jenkins
Meridian
Bosque
Democrat
1889
41
John Hudson
Marmaduke
Wise
Democrat
1889
42
Charles Ulrich Connellee
Eastland
Eastland
Democrat
1889
43
Alfred Tolar
Abilene
Taylor
Democrat
1889
44
R. Lankford
Bowie
Montague
Democrat
1889
45
George Pickett
Decatur
Wise
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1874–1881)
46
Albert Stevenson
Weatherford
Parker
Democrat
1889
47
James Dillard
Kaufman
Kaufman
Democrat
1889
48
Alexander Asberry
Calvert
Robertson
Republican
1889
49
William Cobb
Rogers Prairie
Leon
Democrat
1889
50
Elias Mayes
Bryan
Brazos
Republican
1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
51
Henry L. Lewis
Hearne
Robertson
Democrat
1889
52
William Campbell
Anderson
Grimes
Democrat
1889
53
J. Wesson Parker
Richmond
Fort Bend
Democrat
1887
54 [5]
James A. Breeding
Houston
Harris
Democrat
1889
William Dawson
Trinity
Trinity
Democrat
1889
William McComb
Montgomery
Montgomery
Democrat
1889
55
James Cook
Mooresville
Falls
Independent
1889
56
Benjamin Josephus Roop
Temple
Bell
Democrat
1889
57
James McKinney
Jones Prairie
Milam
Democrat
1885
58
James Moody
Mexia
Limestone
Democrat
1889
59
George W. White
Dew
Freestone
Democrat
1889
60
Jehu Brown
Kerens
Navarro
Democrat
1889
61
Seth Mills
Speegleville
McLennan
Democrat
1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
62
William Kincaid
Groesbeck
Limestone
Democrat
1889
63
Crockett King
Leon Junction
Coryell
Democrat
1889
64
Guy Morrison Bryan
Galveston
Galveston
Democrat
1888 (prior: 1847–1853, 1874–1876, 1879–1881)
65
Walter Gresham
Galveston
Galveston
Democrat
1887
66
Richard H. D. Sorrell
Wharton
Wharton
Democrat
1889
67
Ibzan Middlebrook
Columbus
Colorado
Democrat
1889
68
Robert W. Thompson
Nelsonville
Austin
Democrat
1889
69
James Overton
Hackberry
Lavaca
Democrat
1889
70 [6]
James McGuire
Ledbetter
Fayette
Democrat
1887
Charles B. Welhausen
Flatonia
Fayette
Democrat
1889
71
Myers Felder
Chappell Hill
Washington
Democrat
1889
72
Jacob A. Fields
Giddings
Lee
Democrat
1889
73
James Renick
Lexington
Lee
Democrat
1889
74
James M. Robinson
Red Rock
Bastrop
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1883–1887)
75 [7]
Felix Ezell Smith
Bluff Springs
Travis
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1874–1876, 1879–1881, 1883–1887)
William Hamby
Austin
Travis
Democrat
1889
76
Norton Moses
Strickling
Burnet
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1876–1879)
77
Martin Hancock
Goldthwaite
Brown
Democrat
1889
78
James H. Faubion
Leander
Williamson
Democrat
1885
79
Sim Whitted
Bowser Bend
San Saba
Democrat
1889
80
George Stevenson
El Paso
El Paso
Democrat
1889
81
Blucher Erskine
Derby
Frio
Democrat
1889
82
Wilbur McDonald
Stockdale
Wilson
Democrat
1889
83 [8]
Thomas W. Kennedy
Rio Grande City
Starr
Democrat
1885
Albert Urbahn
Laredo
Webb
Democrat
1889
84
William Williamson
Junction City
Kimble
Democrat
1889
85
John Rhodes
Millett
La Salle
Democrat
1889
86 [9]
David Robinson
San Antonio
Bexar
Democrat
1887
William Miller
Converse
Bexar
Democrat
1889
87 [10]
Edward LeGrand Dunlap
Victoria
Victoria
Democrat
1889
Vachel Weldon
Cuero
DeWitt
Democrat
1889
88
Robert Rentfro
Brownsville
Cameron
Republican
1889
89
William Clemens
New Braunfels
Comal
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
90
James Peebles
Leesville
Gonzales
Democrat
1889
91 [11]
Jacob Ellison
Martindale
Caldwell
Democrat
1887
George McGehee
San Marcos
Hays
Democrat
1887
92
William Hamblen
Houston
Harris
Democrat
1889
93
Richard Levy
Longview
Gregg
Democrat
1889
94
Joseph Humphrey
Point
Rains
Democrat
1889 (prior: 1885–1887)
^ These are multimember or flotorial districts.
Membership Changes [ edit ]
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