1st Texas Legislature
The First Texas Legislature met from 16 February to 13 May 1846 in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and members of the Senate were elected in December 1845, following the 13 October 1845 election that ratified the proposed state constitution.
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: 16 February–13 May 1846
Party summary
Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edward Burleson, Democrat
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- William E. Crump, Democrat, 16 February–1 May 1846
- William H. Bourland, Democrat, 1 May 1846–
- Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat
- Speaker of the House pro tempore[1]
- John Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker 3 March–9 March 1846
- Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker 9 March-16 March 1846, veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto
^ Speaker Crump received a leave of absence during his term of office. Representatives Brown and Branch, each elected in turn as Speaker of the House pro tempore, acted as Speaker during Crump’s absence.
Members
Senate
Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:
- ^ Bourland was a floating senator “conjointly” elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the First Texas Legislature:
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- William H. Bourland, Democrat
- Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat
- John Brown, Democrat
- Edward Clark, Democrat
- Wilds K. Cook, Democrat
- William E. Crump, Democrat
- David Catchings Dixon, Democrat
- James Wilson Henderson, Democrat
- Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
- Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat
- Samuel Redgate, Democrat
- Henry Williams Sublett, Democrat
- Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart, Democrat
- James Truitt, Democrat
Membership changes
Senate
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 3 | William Thomas Scott | Senator Scott resigned 5 June 1847 due to an eye disease. | Edward Clark[3] | 13 December 1847 |
| District 4 | Joseph Lewis Hogg | Senator Hogg was granted a leave of absence 4 May 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned some time after that. | Isaac Parker | after 4 May 1846 |
| District 7 | George Tyler Wood | Senator Wood was granted a leave of absence 4 May 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned before 4 September 1847. | William C. Abbott | 13 December 1847 |
| District 11 | Thomas Freeman McKinney | Senator McKinney resigned after the end of the session (13 May 1846). | Richard Bache[4] | 13 December 1847 |
- ^ Edward Clark was elected in a special election on 1 November 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- ^ William C. Abbott was elected in a special election on 1 November 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- ^ Richard Bache was elected in a special election on 1 December 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
