Twelfth Texas Legislature

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The Twelfth Texas Legislature met from 8 February 1870 to 2 December 1871 in four sessions — provisional, called, regular, and adjourned.

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[edit] Sessions

Legislative members eligible to take the qualifying oath were required to convene 8 February 1870 to ratify the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution in order for Texas to be readmitted to the Union, and to elect two U.S. Senators. Both houses of the legislature were required to adjourn daily until all members had qualified.

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Lieutenant Governor
James W. Flanagan (Provisional) [1]
President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio)
Donald Campbell, Republican, Called Session, Regular Session
David Webster Flanagan, Republican, Adjourned Session
Albert Jennings Fountain, Republican, Adjourned Session
David Webster Flanagan, Republican, Adjourned Session

^  Flanagan was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1869. He was declared “Provisional Lieutenant Governor” by Special Order No. 6, Fifth Military District, on 8 January 1870 and presided over the Provisional session of the Senate. During that session, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and was never sworn in as Lieutenant Governor.

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Ira Hobart Evans, Republican, 18701871
William Henry Sinclair, Republican, 18711873

[edit] Members

Members of the Twelfth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the provisional session, 8 February 1870:

[edit] Senate

District Senator Party Took office
1 Edward Bradford Pickett 1870
2 Amos Clark 1870
3 Mijamin Priest 1870
4 E. Pettit[2] 1870
5 David Webster Flanagan Republican 1870
6 James Postell Douglas 1870
7 Henry Rawson 1870
8 Donald Campbell Republican 1870
9 Henry Russell Latimer 1870
10 David W. Cole 1870
11 Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney 1870
12 George Thompson Ruby Republican 1870
13 John G. Bell 1870
14 William Henry Parsons 1870
15 John S. Mills 1870
16 Matthew Gaines 1870
17 William A. Saylor 1870
18 Phidello W. Hall 1870
19 Andrew J. Evans 1870
20 William H. Pyle 1870
21 Samuel Evans[3] 1870
22 E. Thomas Broughton 1870
23 George R. Shannon 1870
24 Bolivar Jackson Pridgen Republican 1870
25 Abner K. Foster 1870
26 E. L. Alford 1870
27 Thomas H. Baker 1870
28 Marmion Henry Bowers 1870
29 Theodor Rudolph Hertzberg 1870
30 Albert Jennings Fountain Republican 1870
  • ^  Petit did not attend the Provisional Session. He was sworn in on 26 February 1870 at the beginning of the Called Session.
  • ^  Evans refused to qualify on 8 February 1870, but did qualify and was sworn in on 10 February 1870.

[edit] House of Representatives

  • Richard Allen
  • James Buckner Barry
  • D. W. Burley
  • Giles Cotton
  • J. Goldsteen Dupree
  • Ira Hobart Evans
  • Jeremiah Hamilton
  • Gustav Hoffmann
  • Orlando Newton Hollingsworth
  • Mitchell Kendall
  • Fergus Kyle
  • David Medlock
  • John Mitchell
  • Henry Moore
  • Shepherd Mullens
  • Henry Phelps
  • Julius Schuetze
  • William Henry Sinclair
  • Richard Williams
  • Benjamin Franklin Williams

[edit] Membership changes

District Outgoing
Senator
Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
District 2 Amos Clark Clark died 18 February 1871 William H. Swift[4] after 6 October 1871
District 3 Mijamin Priest Priest resigned 15 August 1870 James Elizer Dillard[5] 10 January 1871
District 3 James Elizer Dillard Dillard declared ineligible 10 April 1871 James Elizer Dillard[6] 31 October 1871
District 14 William Henry Parsons Parsons resigned 4 December 1871. Vacant
District 19 Andrew J. Evans Evans unseated in election contest 18 February 1870. S. W. Ford 18 February 1870
District 25 Abner K. Foster Foster died 9 March 1870. Robert P. Tendick 10 January 1871
District 26 E. L. Alford Alford was expelled for resisting arrest during the call of the session. Reinhard Hillebrand[7] 17 February 1871
District 29 Theodor Rudolph Hertzberg Hertzberg resigned 2 December 1871. Vacant

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