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

Sessions

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, 16 February1 May 1846


    William H. Bourland, Democrat, 1 May 1846» Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat

Speaker of the House pro tempore » John Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker 3 March9 March 1846


   Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker 9 March-16 March 1846

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:
District Senator Party Took
office
1 William M. “Buckskin” Williams 1846
2 Ballard C. Bagby 1846
3 William Thomas Scott 1846
4 Joseph Lewis Hogg 1846
5 Benjamin Rush Wallace 1846
6 Jesse J. Robinson 1846
7 George Tyler Wood Democrat 1846
8 Henry J. Jewett 1846
9 Jesse Grimes 1846
10 Isaac W. Brashear 1846
11 Thomas Freeman McKinney 1846
12 John Greenville McNeill 1846
13 Philip Minor Cuney 1846
14 John F. Miller 1846
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 James G. Bourland 1846

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the First Texas Legislature:
  • Adams
  • Barry
  • William H. Bourland, Democrat
  • Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat
  • John Brown, Democrat
  • James M. Burroughs
  • William Leslie Cazneau
  • Charleton
  • Edward Clark, Democrat
  • Wilds K. Cook, Democrat
  • James Cronican
  • William E. Crump, Democrat
  • Echols
  • Nicholas Henry Darnell
  • David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
  • Dupree
  • Durham
  • Echols
  • Eddy
  • Haden Harrison Edwards
  • George Bernard Erath
  • James Shackleford Gillett
  • Gilliam
  • Benjamin Gooch
  • Peter W. Gray
  • James Wilson Henderson, Democrat
  • Spearman Holland
  • Volney E. Howard
  • Hudson
  • Robert Anderson Irion
  • Jones
  • Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
  • Evans Mabry
  • John N. McClarty
  • McCown
  • Benjamin McCulloch
  • Thomas Stuart McFarland
  • McNeill
  • Elliott McNeil Millican
  • Steward Alexander Miller
  • Muckleroy
  • Mullens
  • Noble
  • Duncan Campbell Ogden
  • George A. Pattillo
  • Elisha M. Pease
  • Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat
  • Perry
  • Railey
  • Rayner
  • Samuel Redgate, Democrat
  • John Washington Rose
  • Alexander J. Russell
  • Ryburn
  • William Turner Sadler
  • Savage
  • Ashbel Smith
  • James Smith
  • Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart, Democrat
  • Henry Williams Sublett, Democrat
  • B. F. Tankersly
  • James A. Truitt, Democrat
  • White
  • Williams
  • James Willie

    Membership changes

    Senate

    District Outgoing
    Senator
    Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
    District 3 William Thomas Scott Scott resigned 5 June 1847 due to an eye disease. Edward Clark 13 December 1847
    District 4 Joseph Lewis Hogg Hogg was granted a leave of absence 4 May 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned some time after that. Isaac Parker after 4 May 1846
    District 7 George Tyler Wood Wood was granted a leave of absence 4 May 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned before 4 September 1847. William C. Abbott 13 December 1847
    District 11 Thomas Freeman McKinney McKinney resigned after the end of the session (13 May 1846). Richard Bache 13 December 1847

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