20th Texas Legislature
Appearance
The Twentieth Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887 in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888 in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 General Election.
Sessions
- 20th Regular session: January 11, 1887 – April 4, 1887
- 20th First called session: April 16, 1888 – May 15, 1888
Party summary
House of Representatives
Affiliation | Members | Note |
---|---|---|
Democratic Party | 91 | |
Republican Party | 2 | |
People's Party | 1 | |
Total | 94 |
Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Benton Wheeler, Democrat
- President pro tempore:
- William Henry Pope, Democrat, Regular session[1]
- Caleb J. Garrison, Democrat, Regular session[2]
- John Woods, Democrat, First called session
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House: George C. Pendleton, Democrat
^ Source material was unclear in which order the two Presidents pro tempore served.
Members
Members of the Twentieth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1887:
Senate
District | Senator | Party | Took office |
---|---|---|---|
1 | William L. Douglass | 1885 | |
2 | Caleb Jackson Garrison | Democrat | 1885 |
3 | William Henry Pope | Democrat | 1883 |
4 | William Thomas Armistead | Democrat | 1887 |
5 | Samuel D. Stinson | 1885 | |
6 | John Lafayette Camp, Jr. | 1885 | |
7 | Alexander White Gregg | 1887 | |
8 | William W. Davis | 1887 | |
9 | Leonard Anderson Abercrombie | Democrat | 1887 |
10 | John M. Claiborne | 1887 | |
11 | John Woods | Democrat | 1885 |
12 | Hermann Knittel | 1885 | |
13 | Jonathan Lane | Democrat | 1887 |
14 | Scott Field | 1887 | |
15 | Eldred James Simkins | 1887 | |
16 | J. O. Terrell | Democrat | 1885 |
17 | William Allen | 1887 | |
18 | Elbridge G. Douglass | 1887 | |
19 | Temple Lea Houston | Democrat | 1885 |
20 | James Jones Jarvis | Democrat | 1887 |
21 | Samuel C. Upshaw | 1887 | |
22 | Richard H. Harrison | 1885 | |
23 | Charles Keith Bell | 1885 | |
24 | George Washington Glasscock, Jr. | Democrat | 1885 |
25 | William Henry Burges | Democrat | 1887 (Prior: 1881–1883) |
26 | William H. Woodward | 1887 | |
27 | Francis E. MacManus | 1887 | |
28 | Robert Hance Burney | 1887 | |
29 | James Henry Calhoun | 1885 | |
30 | Louis N. Frank | 1887 | |
31 | Henry D. McDonald | 1887 |
House of Representatives
^ Source material was unclear in which order the representatives served or if they served concurrently.
Membership Changes
Senate
District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
---|---|---|---|---|
District 22 | Richard H. Harrison | Harrison resigned April 20, 1887. | Waller Saunders Baker[14] | April 16, 1888 |
- ^ District 22: Baker elected in special election June 4, 1887.
House of Representatives
District | Outgoing Representative | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
---|---|---|---|---|
District 45 | John Humphreys | Representative Humphreys resigned after end of regular session (April 4, 1887). | Joel W. Booth[15] | April 16, 1888 |
District 46 | James Jarrott | Representative Jarrott resigned between sessions. | None | |
District 64 | Benjamin Rush Plumley | Representative Plumley died on December 9, 1887. | Guy Morrison Bryan | May 2, 1888 |
District 81 | John H. Clark | Representative Clark resigned on June 4, 1888. | None | |
District 86 | David Robinson | Representative Robinson resigned after end of First called session (May 15, 1888). | None |
- ^ District 45: Special election held June 4, 1887, Joel W. Booth declared winner and sworn in at beginning of First called session.
External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library