Eighteenth Texas Legislature

The Eighteenth Texas Legislature met from January 9, 1883 to February 6, 1884 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in the .

Sessions[]

18th Regular session: January 9–April 13, 1883
18th First called session: January 8–February 6, 1884

Party summary[]

Officers[]

Senate[]

Lieutenant Governor: , Democrat
President pro tempore: , Democrat, Regular session; Samuel Bronson Cooper, Democrat, ad interim, First called session

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House: , Democrat

Members[]

Members of the Eighteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 9, 1883:

Senate[]

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Samuel Bronson Cooper	Democrat	1881
2			1883
3	William Henry Pope	Democrat	1883
4			1883
5			1883
6			1879
7			1879
8			1883
9			1883
10			1883
11			1879
12			1883
13			1883
14			1883
15			1883
16		Democrat	1883
17			1883
18			1882
19			1883
20		Democrat	1879 (Prior: 1865–1867)
21			1883
22			1883
23			1881
24	Alexander Watkins Terrell	Democrat	1876
25			1883
26	Rudolph Kleberg		1883
27			1883
28		Democrat	1879
29		Democrat	1883
30			1883
31			1883

House of Representatives[]

Membership changes[]

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 10		Stratton resigned May 14, 1884.	Vacant
District 19		Matlock resigned September 24, 1884.	Vacant

External links[]

Texas Legislature Online
Texas Senate
Texas House of Representatives
Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
Legislative Reference Library