Fifteenth Texas Legislature
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The Fifteenth Texas Legislature met from 18 April to 21 August 1876 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1875.
Contents
Sessions
- 15th Regular session: 18 April – 21 August 1876
Party summary
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Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr., Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Wells Thompson, Democrat
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Thomas Reuben Bonner, Democrat
Members
Members of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, 18 April 1876:
Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Hobby | Democrat | 1874 |
| 2 | Peyton Forbes Edwards | 1876 | |
| 3 | John W. Motley | 1876 | |
| 4 | Walter Riptoe | Republican | 1876 |
| 5 | Francis M. Henry | 1876 | |
| 6 | William Amos Wortham | 1876 | |
| 7 | James Postell Douglas | 1876 (Prior: 1870–1872) | |
| 8 | Christopher C. Francis | 1876 | |
| 9 | Charles D. Grace | 1876 | |
| 10 | B. D. Martin | 1876 | |
| 11 | William Blassingame | 1876 | |
| 12 | Finis E. Piner | 1876 | |
| 13 | Robert S. Guy | 1876 | |
| 14 | John R. Henry | 1876 | |
| 15 | Thomas J. McCulloch | 1876 | |
| 16 | Tillman Smith | 1876 | |
| 17 | Walter Moses Burton | Republican | 1874 |
| 18 | John Thomas Brady | 1876 | |
| 19 | Andrew Phelps McCormick | Republican | 1876 |
| 20 | John W. Carroll | 1876 | |
| 21 | William M. Brown | 1876 | |
| 22 | John W. Moore | Democrat | 1876 (Prior: 1861–1865) |
| 23 | Thomas Ball | 1876 | |
| 24 | John D. Stephens | 1876 | |
| 25 | Alexander Watkins Terrell | Democrat | 1876 |
| 26 | William Hamilton Ledbetter | 1874 | |
| 27 | Wells Thompson | Democrat | 1876 |
| 28 | William Henry Crain | 1876 | |
| 29 | John Salmon “Rip” Ford | Democrat | 1876 (Prior: 1851–1853) |
| 30 | James Harvey McLeary | 1876 | |
| 31 | Leonidas Jefferson Storey | Democrat | 1876 |
House of Representatives
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- Robert D. Allison
- Benjamin M. Baker
- Decimus et Ultimus Barziza
- Thomas Reuben Bonner
- John Hughes Cochran
- Nicholas Henry Darnell
- Thomas Mason Dennis
- Caleb Jackson Garrison
- John Summerfield Griffith
- William H. Holland
- Alexander Horton
- William W. Lang
- Norton Moses
- George Pickett
- Meshack Roberts
- Henry Sneed
- Elias Charles Stuart
- Thomas Towles
- John Quitman Wall
- Allen W. Wilder[1]
- Charles Louis Wurzbach
^ Representative Wilder won a closely contested election, but House Democrats contended that some votes were illegal and seated his Democratic opponent instead.
Membership changes
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 16 | Tillman Smith | Smith resigned 19 November 1876. | James R. Burnett | 14 January 1879[2] |
| District 28 | William Henry Crain | Crain resigned 20 August 1877. | Ellsberry R. Lane | 14 January 1879[3] |
- [4] Sworn in at the beginning of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature.
External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
