Fourteenth Texas Legislature
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The Fourteenth Texas Legislature met from 13 January 1874 to 15 March 1875 in two regular sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1873.
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[edit] Sessions
- 14th First regular session: 13 January–4 May 1874
- 14th Second regular session: 12 January–15 March 1875
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.
- President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio)
- Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat
[edit] House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat
[edit] Members
Members of the Fourteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, 13 January 1874:
[edit] Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Hobby | Democrat | 1873 |
| 2 | William H. Swift | 1871 | |
| 3 | James Elizer Dillard | 1871 | |
| 4 | Winfield B. Stirman | 1873 | |
| 5 | David Webster Flanagan | Republican | 1870 |
| 6 | John Lafayette Camp | 1873 | |
| 7 | David Browning Culberson | Democrat | 1873 |
| 8 | Cader A. Parker | 1873 | |
| 9 | L. D. Bradley | 1873 | |
| 10 | Joseph Morris | 1873 | |
| 11 | William E. Moore | 1873 | |
| 12 | Vacant | 1873 | |
| 13 | Walter Moses Burton | Republican | 1873 |
| 14 | William R. Baker | 1873 | |
| 15 | Edward T. Randle | 1872 | |
| 16 | T. G. Davidson | 1873 | |
| 17 | Jewett H. Davenport | 1873 | |
| 18 | William D. Wood | 1873 | |
| 19 | George Bernard Erath | Democrat | 1873 (Prior: 1857–1863) |
| 20 | Amzi Bradshaw | 1873 | |
| 21 | Robert D. Allison | 1873 | |
| 22 | William H. Trolinger | 1873 | |
| 23 | Andrew J. Ball | 1872 | |
| 24 | William R. Friend | 1873 | |
| 25 | Olintus Ellis | 1873 | |
| 26 | William Hamilton Ledbetter | 1873 | |
| 27 | John Ireland | Democrat | 1873 |
| 28 | William H. Westfall | 1873 | |
| 29 | Joseph E. Dwyer | 1873 | |
| 30 | William Jarvis Russell, Jr. | 1873 |
- ↑ Benjamin Cromwell Franklin was elected, but died on 25 December 1873, 2½ weeks before the start of the Regular Session.
[edit] House of Representatives
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- Decimus et Ultimus Barziza
- Thomas Beck
- Joseph Brown
- Ed Brown
- Guy Morrison Bryan
- John Hughes Cochran
- William Shelby Delaney
- James Eastland
- Lochlin Johnson Farrar
- Jacob E. Freeman
- James L. German
- James Marshall Harrison
- Thomas Hayes
- John Mitchell
- Frank Rainey
- Meshack Roberts
- Lieuen Morgan Rogers
- Felix Ezell Smith
- Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart
- William Jesse Swain
- John Files Tom
- George Pickett
- William Amos Wortham
[edit] Membership Changes
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 6 | John Lafayette Camp | Camp resigned 13 March 1875. | Vacant | |
| District 7 | David Browning Culberson | Culberson resigned 3 March 1875. | Vacant | |
| District 12 | Vacant | Benjamin Cromwell Franklin, member-elect, died 25 December 1873. | Thomas Miller Joseph | 19 March 1874 |
| District 16 | T. G. Davidson | Davidson refused to qualify 14 January 1874. | Seth Shepard | 26 March 1874 |
| District 22 | William H. Trolinger | Trolinger resigned before 25 January 1875. | N. S. Craven | 25 January 1875 |
- ↑ District 16: Shepard elected in special election 17 February 1874, seated 26 March 1874 after election contest with Matthew Gaines
[edit] External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
- Billhop - Texas Legislative Wiki
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