2nd Texas Legislature

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The 2nd Texas Legislature met from December 13, 1847 to March 20, 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847.

Sessions[edit]

  • 2nd Regular session: December 13, 1847 – March 20, 1848

Party summary[edit]

Officers[edit]

Senate[edit]

Lieutenant Governor
John Alexander Greer, Democrat
President pro tempore
Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker of the House
James Wilson Henderson, Democrat

Members[edit]

Senate[edit]

Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature:

District Senator Party Took office
1 William M. "Buckskin" Williams 1846
2 James B. Wootten 1847
3 Edward Clark Democrat 1847
4 Isaac Parker 1847
5 Benjamin Rush Wallace 1846
6 John H. McRae 1847
7 William C. Abbott 1847
8 Henry J. Jewett 1846
9 Jesse Grimes 1846
10 Isaac W. Brashear 1846
11 Richard Bache, Jr. 1847
12 Stephen W. Perkins 1847
13 Philip Minor Cuney 1847
14 John Winfield Scott Dancy 1847
15 Edward Burleson 1846
16 Robert McAlpin Williamson 1846
17 Alexander H. Phillips 1846
18 José Antonio Navarro 1846
19 Henry Lawrence Kinney 1846
F[1] James G. Bourland 1846
  • ^ Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties

House of Representatives[edit]

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

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District Representative Party Took office Left office
Austin William E. Crump Democrat December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Charles Railey [data missing] December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Bastrop Thomas Jones Hardeman [data missing] December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Bexar M. A. Dooley [data missing] December 16, 1847 November 5, 1849
Henry M. Lewis [data missing] December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Bowie Samuel F. Mosely [data missing] December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Hardin Richard Runnels [data missing] December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Brazoria Guy Morrison Bryan Democrat December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Elisha M. Pease [data missing] December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849
Brazos
Colorado

Membership Changes[edit]

Senate[edit]

District Outgoing
Senator
Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
District 11 Richard Bache Senator Bache died March 17, 1848 None
District 17 Alexander H. Phillips Senator Phillips resigned March 1, 1848. None
District 19 Henry Lawrence Kinney Senator Kinney resigned before December 18, 1847. Edward Fitzgerald February 5, 1848
District 19 Edward Fitzgerald Senator Fitzgerald resigned March 20, 1848. None

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Texas Legislators: Past & Present".

External links[edit]