The 7th Texas Legislature met from November 2, 1857, to February 16, 1858, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1857.
Sessions edit
- 7th Regular session: November 2, 1857 – February 16, 1858
Party summary edit
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Officers edit
Senate edit
- Lieutenant Governor
- Francis Richard Lubbock, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
- Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, Ad interim
House of Representatives edit
- Speaker of the House
- William S. Taylor, Democrat, 1857–18 January 1858[1]
- Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859[2]
Members edit
Members of the Seventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 2, 1857:
Senate edit
District | Senator | Party | Took office |
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1 | Solomon H. Pirkey | Democrat | 1855 |
2 | Johnson Wren | Democrat | 1853 |
3 | Robert H. Taylor | Democrat | 1855 |
4 | James W. Throckmorton | Democrat | 1857 |
5 | Albert G. Walker | Democrat | 1857 (First time: 1849–1851) |
6 | Jonathan Russell | Democrat | 1855 |
7 | M. D. K. Taylor | Democrat | 1851 |
8 | Louis T. Wigfall | Democrat | 1857 |
9 | Malcolm D. Graham | Democrat | 1857 |
10 | Elisha Everett Lott | Democrat | 1853 |
11 | Robert Henry Guinn | Democrat | 1853 |
12 | William M. Taylor | Democrat | 1855 |
13 | John N. Fall | Democrat | 1857 |
14 | James A. Truitt | Democrat | 1855 (First time: 1851–1853) |
15 | James M. Burroughs | Democrat | 1855 |
16 | Henry C. Pedigo | Democrat | 1853 |
17 | Mark M. Potter | Democrat | 1851 |
18 | Hiram George Runnels | Democrat | 1857 |
19 | Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 1855 (First time: 1846–1853) |
20 | Chauncey Berkeley Shepard | Democrat | 1857 |
21 | Elliot McNeil Millican | Democrat | 1853 |
22 | William Harrison "Howdy" Martin | Democrat | 1853 |
23 | George Bernard Erath | Democrat | 1857 |
24 | George E. Quinan | Democrat | 1857 |
25 | John Caldwell | Democrat | 1855 |
26 | Fletcher S. Stockdale | Democrat | 1857 |
27 | Henry Eustace McCulloch | Democrat | 1855 |
28 | Edwin B. Scarborough | Democrat | 1853 |
29 | Forbes Britton | Democrat | 1857 |
30 | Isaiah Addison Paschal | Democrat | 1857 (First time: 1853–1855) |
31 | Samuel A. Maverick | Democrat | 1855 |
32 | Claiborne C. Herbert | Democrat | 1857 |
33 | Archibald C. Hyde | Democrat | 1857 |
House of Representatives edit
- Hamilton P. Bee
- John Henry Brown
- Constantine W. Buckley
- James G. Collier, Tyler County
- Isaac N. Dennis
- David Catchings Dickson
- Randolph C. Doom
- Horatio White Fisher
- Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County
- James Marshall Harrison
- Spearman Holland
- Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat
- Eli T. Merriman
- José Ángel Navarro
- Moses Fisk Roberts
- William R. Shannon, Democrat
- Charles William Tait
- William S. Taylor, Democrat
- Benjamin F. Carroll
Membership Changes edit
Senate edit
District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
---|---|---|---|---|
District 18 | Hiram George Runnels | Runnells did not appear and died on December 17, 1857. | Benjamin F. Tankersly | January 20, 1858 |
District 21 | Elliot McNeil Millican | McNeill resigned before the session. | David M. Whaley | January 12, 1858 |
House of Representatives edit
District | Outgoing Member |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unknown | William S. Taylor | Taylor died on July 22, 1858. | Unknown | after July 22, 1858 |
Notes edit
References edit
- Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. (2002). Presiding officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2002: prepared by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council (Rev. 2002 ed.). Austin, Texas: The Council. OCLC 49526832.