Twelfth Texas Legislature

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The Twelfth Texas Legislature met from 8 February 1870 to 2 December 1871 in four sessions — provisional, called, regular, and adjourned.

Contents 1 Sessions 2 Party summary 3 Officers 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Members 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Membership changes 6 External links

[edit] Sessions

• 12th Provisional session: 8 February–24 February 1870

Legislative members eligible to take the qualifying oath were required to convene 8 February 1870 to ratify the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution in order for Texas to be readmitted to the Union, and to elect two U.S. Senators. Both houses of the legislature were required to adjourn daily until all members had qualified.

• 12th Called session: 26 April–15 August 1870
• 12th Regular session: 10 January–31 May 1871
• 12th Adjourned session: 12 September–2 December 1871

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Lieutenant Governor

James W. Flanagan (Provisional) ^[1]

President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio)

Donald Campbell, Republican, Called Session, Regular Session

David Webster Flanagan, Republican, Adjourned Session

Albert Jennings Fountain, Republican, Adjourned Session

David Webster Flanagan, Republican, Adjourned Session

^  Flanagan was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1869. He was declared “Provisional Lieutenant Governor” by Special Order No. 6, Fifth Military District, on 8 January 1870 and presided over the Provisional session of the Senate. During that session, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and was never sworn in as Lieutenant Governor.

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker of the House

Ira Hobart Evans, Republican, 1870–1871

William Henry Sinclair, Republican, 1871–1873

[edit] Members

Members of the Twelfth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the provisional session, 8 February 1870:

[edit] Senate

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Edward Bradford Pickett		1870
2	Amos Clark		1870
3	Mijamin Priest		1870
4	E. Pettit[2]		1870
5	David Webster Flanagan	Republican	1870
6	James Postell Douglas		1870
7	Henry Rawson		1870
8	Donald Campbell	Republican	1870
9	Henry Russell Latimer		1870
10	David W. Cole		1870
11	Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney		1870
12	George Thompson Ruby	Republican	1870
13	John G. Bell		1870
14	William Henry Parsons		1870
15	John S. Mills		1870
16	Matthew Gaines		1870
17	William A. Saylor		1870
18	Phidello W. Hall		1870
19	Andrew J. Evans		1870
20	William H. Pyle		1870
21	Samuel Evans[3]		1870
22	E. Thomas Broughton		1870
23	George R. Shannon		1870
24	Bolivar Jackson Pridgen	Republican	1870
25	Abner K. Foster		1870
26	E. L. Alford		1870
27	Thomas H. Baker		1870
28	Marmion Henry Bowers		1870
29	Theodor Rudolph Hertzberg		1870
30	Albert Jennings Fountain	Republican	1870

• ^  Petit did not attend the Provisional Session. He was sworn in on 26 February 1870 at the beginning of the Called Session.
• ^  Evans refused to qualify on 8 February 1870, but did qualify and was sworn in on 10 February 1870.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Richard Allen
• James Buckner Barry
• D. W. Burley
• Giles Cotton
• J. Goldsteen Dupree
• Ira Hobart Evans
• Jeremiah Hamilton
• Gustav Hoffmann
• Orlando Newton Hollingsworth
• Mitchell Kendall
• Fergus Kyle
• David Medlock
• John Mitchell
• Henry Moore
• Shepherd Mullens
• Henry Phelps
• Julius Schuetze
• William Henry Sinclair
• Richard Williams
• Benjamin Franklin Williams

[edit] Membership changes

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 2	Amos Clark	Clark died 18 February 1871	William H. Swift[4]	after 6 October 1871
District 3	Mijamin Priest	Priest resigned 15 August 1870	James Elizer Dillard[5]	10 January 1871
District 3	James Elizer Dillard	Dillard declared ineligible 10 April 1871	James Elizer Dillard[6]	31 October 1871
District 14	William Henry Parsons	Parsons resigned 4 December 1871.	Vacant
District 19	Andrew J. Evans	Evans unseated in election contest 18 February 1870.	S. W. Ford	18 February 1870
District 25	Abner K. Foster	Foster died 9 March 1870.	Robert P. Tendick	10 January 1871
District 26	E. L. Alford	Alford was expelled for resisting arrest during the call of the session.	Reinhard Hillebrand[7]	17 February 1871
District 29	Theodor Rudolph Hertzberg	Hertzberg resigned 2 December 1871.	Vacant

• ^  District 2: Swift elected in special election 3 October–6 October 1871.
• ^  District 3: Dillard elected in special election 28 November–1 December 1870.
• ^  District 3: Dillard reelected in special election 3 October–6 October 1871.
• ^  District 26: Hillebrand elected in special election 28 November–1 December 1870.

[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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