From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Second Texas Legislature
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
The Second Texas Legislature met from 13 December
1847 to 20 March 1848 in regular session. All members of
Party summary
the House of Representatives and about half of the mem-
bers of the Senate were elected in 1847. Officers
Sessions Senate
• 13 December 1847–20 March 1848
House of Representatives
Members
Senate
Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legis-
lature:
• ^ Bourland was a floating senator “conjointly”
elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar
counties
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Second Texas Legislature
District Outgoing Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Succes-
Senator sor’s Installa-
tion
District Richard Bache Senator Bache died 17 March 1848 None
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District Alexander H. Senator Phillips resigned 1 March 1848. None
17 Phillips
District Henry Lawrence Senator Kinney resigned before 18 December 1847. Edward 5 February 1848
19 Kinney Fitzgerald
District Edward Fitzger- Senator Fitzgerald resigned 20 March 1848. None
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House of Representatives • James Truitt, Democrat
Members of the House of Representatives for the Second
Texas Legislature: Membership Changes
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Senate
• James Armstrong
• John D. Anderson
• William H. Bourland, Democrat External links
• Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat • Texas Legislature Online
• Jacob Raphael De Cordova • Texas Senate
• Benjamin Holland Epperson • Texas House of Representatives
• Samuel G. Haynie • Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of
• James Wilson Henderson, Democrat State
• Charles G. Keenan, Democrat • Legislative Reference Library
• Mirabeau B. Lamar • Billhop - Texas Legislative Wiki
• Emory Rains, Democrat • Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Texas
• John Henninger Reagan, Democrat • Project Vote Smart - State House of Texas
• Thomas Jefferson Shannon
• Adolphus Sterne
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