Nineteenth Texas Legislature
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The Nineteenth Texas Legislature met from 13 January to 31 March 1885 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1884 General Election.
Contents
Sessions
- 19th Regular session: 13 January–31 March 1885
Party summary
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Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Barnett Gibbs, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- William R. Shannon, Democrat, Regular session
- Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore, Democrat, ad interim
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, Democrat
Members
Members of the Nineteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, 13 January 1885:
Senate
- Lochlin Johnson Farrar
- George Washington Glasscock, Jr.
- Temple Lea Houston
- Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore, Democrat, District 7
- William R. Shannon
- J. O. Terrell
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William L. Douglass | 1885 | |
| 2 | Caleb Jackson Garrison | 1885 | |
| 3 | William Henry Pope | Democrat | 1883 |
| 4 | John A. Peacock | 1883 | |
| 5 | Samuel D. Stinson | 1885 | |
| 6 | John Lafayette Camp, Jr. | 1885 | |
| 7 | Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore | Democrat | 1885 |
| 8 | Mansel Y. Randolph | 1883 | |
| 9 | James W. Jones | 1883 | |
| 10 | W. M. Jerdone | 1885 | |
| 11 | John Woods | 1885 | |
| 12 | Hermann Knittel | 1885 | |
| 13 | John P. Fowler | 1883 | |
| 14 | James S. Perry | 1883 | |
| 15 | Lochlin Johnson Farrar | 1883 | |
| 16 | J. O. Terrell | 1885 | |
| 17 | John Johnson | 1883 | |
| 18 | William O. Davis | 1882 | |
| 19 | Temple Lea Houston | 1885 | |
| 20 | William R. Shannon | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1865–1867) |
| 21 | William H. Getzendaner | 1883 | |
| 22 | Richard H. Harrison | 1885 | |
| 23 | Charles Keith Bell | 1885 | |
| 24 | George Washington Glasscock, Jr. | 1885 | |
| 25 | George Pfeuffer | 1883 | |
| 26 | Rudolph Kleberg | 1883 | |
| 27 | E. F. Hall | 1885 | |
| 28 | Augustus W. Houston | Democrat | 1879 |
| 29 | James Henry Calhoun | 1885 | |
| 30 | John Henry Traylor | 1883 | |
| 31 | William A. Evans | 1883 |
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the Nineteenth Texas Legislature:
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- Frank P. Alexander
- William T. Armistead
- Edwin Augustus Atlee
- James Browning
- William John Caven
- Daniel Darroch
- James H. Faubion
- Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
- Adolph Carl Ludwig Groos
- Travis Henderson
- Joseph Humphrey
- J. Ras Jones
- Thomas W. Kennedy
- Jesse P. Loving
- William McGaughey
- Andrew Todd McKinney
- Robert J. Moore
- E. Taylor Moore
- George Cassety Pendleton
- James M. Robinson
- Felix Ezell Smith
- Benjamin Dudley Tarlton
- Ammon Underwood
- Benjamin Franklin Williams
Membership Changes
Senate
Legislatures (House of Representatives)
| District | Outgoing senator |
Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 7 | Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore | Kilgore resigned 23 October 1886 to seek election to the Fiftieth United States Congress | Vacant | |
| District 25 | George Pfeuffer | Pfeuffer died 15 September 1886 | Vacant | |
| District 26 | Rudolph Kleberg | Kleberg resigned 9 September 1886 | Vacant | |
| District 27 | E. F. Hall | Hall died 28 April 1886 | Vacant |
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External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
