Seventeenth Texas Legislature
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The Seventeenth Texas Legislature met from 11 January 1881 to 5 May 1882 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1880 General Election.
Contents |
[edit] Sessions
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edwin Hobby, Democrat, Regular session
- Francis Marion Martin, Democrat, ad interim, First called session
[edit] House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- George Robertson Reeves, Democrat
[edit] Members
Members of the Seventeenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, 11 January 1881:
[edit] Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Bronson Cooper | Democrat | 1881 |
| 2 | William Wallace Weatherred | 1881 | |
| 3 | Richard M. Wynne | 1881 | |
| 4 | Robert L. Hightower | 1881 | |
| 5 | William H. Tilson | 1879 | |
| 6 | William Jesse Swain | 1879 | |
| 7 | John Martin Duncan | 1879 | |
| 8 | John Young Gooch | 1879 | |
| 9 | Henry W. Lightfoot | 1881 | |
| 10 | John C. Buchanan | 1879 | |
| 11 | J. M. Martin | 1881 | |
| 12 | William D. Lair | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1861–1863) |
| 13 | Anson Rainey | 1881 | |
| 14 | Francis Marion Martin | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1859–1861) |
| 15 | John Nathaniel Henderson | 1881 | |
| 16 | John T. Buchanan | 1879 | |
| 17 | Walter Moses Burton | Republican | 1874 |
| 18 | Charles Stewart | 1879 | |
| 19 | James B. Stubbs | 1881 | |
| 20 | William Kercheval Homan | 1879 | |
| 21 | Andrew Jackson Harris | 1881 | |
| 22 | Lawrence Sullivan Ross | Democrat | 1881 |
| 23 | William R. Shannon | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1865–1867) |
| 24 | Jewett H. Davenport | 1879 (Prior: 1874–1876) | |
| 25 | Alexander Watkins Terrell | Democrat | 1876 |
| 26 | A. W. Moore | Democrat | 1881 (Prior: 1861–1865) |
| 27 | Samuel C. Patton | 1879 | |
| 28 | Ellsberry R. Lane | 1876 | |
| 29 | Stephen Powers | 1881 | |
| 30 | Augustus W. Houston | Democrat | 1879 |
| 31 | William Henry Burges | Democrat | 1881 |
[edit] House of Representatives
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- Benjamin M. Baker
- Thomas Beck
- William John Caven
- R. J. Evans
- George Finlay
- George Washington Lafayette Fly
- Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
- Charles Reese Gibson
- Andrew Jackson Harris
- William Kercheval Homan
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson
- Robert A. Kerr
- Absolom C. Oliver
- Thomas A. Rodríguez
- George Robertson Reeves
- Benjamin Dudley Tarlton
- George T. Todd
- Arthur Tompkins
- John Henry Traylor
- James W. Truitt
- William Wallace Weatherred
- Charles Louis Wurzbach
[edit] Membership Changes
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 11 | J. M. Martin | Martin died 9 March 1882. | William O. Davis | 6 April 1882 |
| District 16 | John T. Buchanan | Buchanan died 29 January 1882. | James G. McDonald | 6 April 1882 |
| District 28 | Ellsberry R. Lane | Lane resigned 1 February 1882. | Lucas H. Brown | 6 April 1882 |
| District 29 | Stephen Powers | Powers died after the Regular Session. | Charles A. McLane | 6 April 1882 |
[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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