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1st Texas Legislature

1st Texas Legislature

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The 1st Texas Legislature convened from February 16 to May 13, 1846, in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on October 13, 1845, that ratified the proposed state constitution.

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: February 16–May 13, 1846

Party summary

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat
President pro tempore
Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
William Crump, Democrat, February 16 – May 1, 1846
William H. Bourland, Democrat, May 1–11, 1846
Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat, May 11–13, 1846
Speaker of the House pro tempore[1]
John "Red" Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846[2]
Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker March 9–16, 1846[3]

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:

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House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the First Texas Legislature:

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Membership changes

Senate

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Alyssa Petty Third Texas Senate

Notes

  1. [1]
    Speaker Crump received a leave of absence during his term of office. Representatives Brown and Branch, each elected in turn as Speaker of the House pro tempore, acted as Speaker during Crump’s absence.
  2. [2]
    Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (PDF). Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office. pp. 105–106, 160–162. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
  3. [3]
    Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (PDF). Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office. pp. 67–8, 104–5. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
  4. [4]
    "The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, ed. 1, Wednesday, May 20, 1846". May 20, 1846.
  5. [5]
    Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties
  6. [6]
    "TSHA | Smith, James".
  7. [7]
    Clark was elected in a special election on November 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
  8. [8]
    Abbott was elected in a special election on November 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
  9. [9]
    Bache was elected in a special election on December 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.

References

  • Presiding officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2002: prepared by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council (Rev. 2002 ed.). Austin, Texas: Texas Legislative Council. 2002. OCLC 49526832.
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