Eighth Texas Legislature

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The Eighth Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1859 to April 9, 1861 in its regular session, a first called session, and an adjourned session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1859.

Sessions[]

  • 8th Regular session: November 7, 1859 – February 13, 1860
  • 8th First called session: January 21–February 9, 1861
  • 8th Adjourned session: March 18–April 9, 1861

Party summary[]

Officers[]

Senate[]

Lieutenant Governor
Edward Clark, Democrat
President pro tempore
Jesse Grimes, Democrat, Regular session

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House
M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat

Members[]

Members of the Eighth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 7, 1859:

Senate[]

District Senator Party Took office
1 Democrat 1859
2 Democrat 1859
3 Democrat 1859
4 James W. Throckmorton Democrat 1857
5 Democrat 1857 (First time: 1849–1851)
6 Emory Rains Democrat 1859
7 Democrat 1859
8 Louis T. Wigfall Democrat 1857
9 Democrat 1859
10 Elisha Everett Lott Democrat 1853
11 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat 1853
12 Democrat 1859
13 Democrat 1857
14 Democrat 1859
15 Democrat 1859
16 Democrat 1859
17 Democrat 1851
18 Democrat 1859
19 Jesse Grimes Democrat 1855 (First time: 1846–1853)
20 Democrat 1857
21 Democrat 1858
22 Democrat 1859
23 George Bernard Erath Democrat 1857
24 Democrat 1857
25 Democrat 1859
26 Fletcher S. Stockdale Democrat 1857
27 Thomas Hinds Duggan Democrat 1859 (First time: 1851–1853)
28 Democrat 1853
29 Democrat 1857
30 Democrat 1857 (First time: 1853–1855)
31 Gustav Schleicher Democrat 1859
32 Democrat 1857
33 Democrat 1857

House of Representatives[]

District Representative Party Took Office
1 Unknown November 12, 1859


Membership changes[]

Senate[]

District Outgoing
Senator 		Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
District 3 Hart resigned February 26, 1861. Unknown
District 8 Louis T. Wigfall Wigfall announced his resignation on December 7, 1859. January 14, 1860
District 9 Parsons resigned after the adjourned session. None
District 12 Rainey resigned after the regular session. January 21, 1861
District 14 Dickinson resigned after the regular session. January 26, 1861
District 15 Wallace resigned January 4, 1861. Franklin Barlow Sexton None[1]
District 15 Franklin Barlow Sexton Sexton did not appear. None[2]
District 25 Townes resigned March 13, 1861. [3] November 4, 1861
District 29 Britton died February 14, 1861. March 19, 1861
District 30 Paschal resigned March 29, 1861. Unknown Unknown
  • ^ District 15: Sexton did not return from Confederate States Army service in time to meet with the legislature.
  • ^ District 25: Shelley elected in special election held March 25, 1861 and sworn in with the Ninth Texas Legislature.

House of Representatives[]

District Outgoing
Representative 		Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
McClarty resigned after the regular session. January 22, 1861
District 65 Henry Lawrence Kinney Kinney was opposed to secession and resigned February 9, 1861. Alfred Marmaduke Hobby March 19, 1861

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