Seventh Texas Legislature

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The Seventh Texas Legislature met from 2 November 1857 to 16 February 1858 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1857.

1 Sessions
2 Party summary
3 Officers
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Members
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Membership Changes
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Sessions

7th Regular session: 2 November 1857–16 February 1858

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Lieutenant Governor: Francis Richard Lubbock, Democrat
President pro tempore: M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session; Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, Ad interim

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: William S. Taylor, Democrat, 1857–18 January 1858^[1]; Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859^[2]

[edit] Members

Members of the Seventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, 2 November 1857:

[edit] Senate

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Solomon H. Pirkey	Democrat	1855
2	Johnson Wren	Democrat	1853
3	Robert H. Taylor	Democrat	1855
4	James W. Throckmorton	Democrat	1857
5	Albert G. Walker	Democrat	1857 (First time: 1849–1851)
6	Jonathan Russell	Democrat	1855
7	M. D. K. Taylor	Democrat	1851
8	Louis T. Wigfall	Democrat	1857
9	Malcolm Duncan Graham	Democrat	1857
10	Elisha Everett Lott	Democrat	1853
11	Robert Henry Guinn	Democrat	1853
12	William M. Taylor	Democrat	1855
13	John N. Fall	Democrat	1857
14	James A. Truitt	Democrat	1855 (First time: 1851–1853)
15	James M. Burroughs	Democrat	1855
16	Henry C. Pedigo	Democrat	1853
17	Mark M. Potter	Democrat	1851
18	Hiram George Runnels	Democrat	1857
19	Jesse Grimes	Democrat	1855 (First time: 1846–1853)
20	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Democrat	1857
21	Elliot McNeil Millican	Democrat	1853
22	William Harrison “Howdy” Martin	Democrat	1853
23	George Bernard Erath	Democrat	1857
24	George E. Quinan	Democrat	1857
25	John Caldwell	Democrat	1855
26	Fletcher S. Stockdale	Democrat	1857
27	Henry Eustace McCulloch	Democrat	1855
28	Edwin B. Scarborough	Democrat	1853
29	Forbes Britton	Democrat	1857
30	Isaiah Addison Paschal	Democrat	1857 (First time: 1853–1855)
31	Samuel A. Maverick	Democrat	1855
32	Claiborne C. Herbert	Democrat	1857
33	Archibald C. Hyde	Democrat	1857

[edit] House of Representatives

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Hamilton P. Bee
John Henry Brown
Constantine W. Buckley
Isaac N. Dennis
David Catchings Dickson
Randolph C. Doom
Horatio White Fisher
James Marshall Harrison
Spearman Holland
Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat
Eli T. Merriman
José Ángel Navarro
Moses Fisk Roberts
William R. Shannon, Democrat
Charles William Tait
William S. Taylor, Democrat

[edit] Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 18	Hiram George Runnels	Runnells did not appear and died on 17 December 1857.	Benjamin F. Tankersly	20 January 1858
District 21	Elliot McNeil Millican	McNeill resigned before the session.	David M. Whaley	12 January 1858

[edit] House of Representatives

District	Outgoing Member	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Unknown	William S. Taylor	Taylor died on 22 July 1858.	Unknown	after 22 July 1858

[edit] Notes

^ Taylor took leave of absence 26 December 1857 and resigned 18 January 1858 because of illness.
^ Locke, as Speaker pro tempore, had served as Speaker from 26 December 1857 when Taylor had taken leave because of illness.

[edit] References

Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. (2002). Presiding officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2002: prepared by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council., Rev. 2002, Austin, Texas: The Council. OCLC 49526832.