Thirteenth Texas Legislature
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The Thirteenth Texas Legislature met from 14 January to 4 June 1873 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1872.
Contents
Sessions
- 13th Regular session: 14 January–4 June 1873
Party summary
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Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Vacant
- President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio)
- Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat
Members
Members of the Thirteenth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the Regular Session, 14 January 1873:
Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Bradford Pickett | 1870 | |
| 2 | William H. Swift | 1871 | |
| 3 | James Elizer Dillard | 1871 | |
| 4 | Thomas J. Word | 1872 | |
| 5 | David Webster Flanagan | Republican | 1870 |
| 6 | John Lane Henry | 1872 | |
| 7 | Henry Rawson | 1870 | |
| 8 | Hamilton J. Avinger | 1872 | |
| 9 | Henry Russell Latimer | 1870 | |
| 10 | David W. Cole | 1870 | |
| 11 | Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney | 1870 | |
| 12 | George Thompson Ruby | Republican | 1870 |
| 13 | Francis J. Franks | 1872 | |
| 14 | James G. Tracy | 1872 | |
| 15 | Edward T. Randle | 1872 | |
| 16 | Matthew Gaines | 1870 | |
| 17 | William A. Saylor | 1870 | |
| 18 | Phidello W. Hall | 1870 | |
| 19 | S. W. Ford | 1870 | |
| 20 | William H. Pyle | 1870 | |
| 21 | Samuel Evans | 1870 | |
| 22 | E. Thomas Broughton | 1870 | |
| 23 | Andrew J. Ball | 1872 | |
| 24 | George Preston Finlay | Democrat | 1872 (Prior: 1861–1863) |
| 25 | Robert P. Tendick | 1871 | |
| 26 | Joseph D. Sayers | Democrat | 1872 |
| 27 | Thomas H. Baker | 1870 | |
| 28 | Nathan George Shelley | Democrat | 1872 (Prior: 1861–1863, 1865–1867) |
| 29 | Henry C. King | 1872 | |
| 30 | Albert Jennings Fountain | Republican | 1870 |
House of Representatives
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- C. L. Abbott
- John Adriance
- Richard Allen[1], Republican
- James Monroe Anderson
- James Armstrong
- A. S. Broaddus
- John Henry Brown
- Gustave Cook
- John Cunningham
- James Eastland
- W. A. Ellett
- [Henry Clay Ghent, M.D. (Seventeenth District, including Bell and Milam Counties)]
- James Marshall Harrison
- John Ireland
- Marcellus E. Kleberg
- Henry Moore
- Stephen Powers
- Davis M. Prendergast
- Frank Rainey
- Meshack Roberts
- Chauncey B. Sabin
- George Washington Smith
- M. D. K. Taylor
- Alfred Sturgis Thurmond
- Joseph Albert Tivy[1]
- Khleber Miller Van Zandt
- James H. Washington
- Allen W. Wilder
- Richard Williams
^ Representative Allen was apparently re-elected, but House Democrats alleged voting fraud and seated his Democratic opponent instead.
Membership Changes
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References
External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
