Fourteenth Texas Legislature
The Fourteenth Texas Legislature met from January 13, 1874 to March 15, 1875 in two regular sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1873.
Sessions[]
- 14th First regular session: January 13–May 4, 1874
- 14th Second regular session: January 12–March 15, 1875
Party summary[]
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Officers[]
Senate[]
- Lieutenant Governor
- Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.
- President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio)
- Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat
House of Representatives[]
- Speaker of the House
- Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat
Members[]
Members of the Fourteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 13, 1874:
Senate[]
District | Senator | Party | Took office |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Democrat | 1873 | |
2 | 1871 | ||
3 | 1871 | ||
4 | 1873 | ||
5 | David Webster Flanagan | Republican | 1870 |
6 | John Lafayette Camp | 1873 | |
7 | David Browning Culberson | Democrat | 1873 |
8 | 1873 | ||
9 | L. D. Bradley | 1873 | |
10 | 1873 | ||
11 | 1873 | ||
12 | Vacant[1] | 1873 | |
13 | Walter Moses Burton | Republican | 1873 |
14 | William R. Baker | 1873 | |
15 | 1872 | ||
16 | 1873 | ||
17 | 1873 | ||
18 | 1873 | ||
19 | George Bernard Erath | Democrat | 1873 (Prior: 1857–1863) |
20 | 1873 | ||
21 | 1873 | ||
22 | 1873 | ||
23 | 1872 | ||
24 | 1873 | ||
25 | 1873 | ||
26 | 1873 | ||
27 | John Ireland | Democrat | 1873 |
28 | 1873 | ||
29 | 1873 | ||
30 | 1873 |
- ^ Benjamin Cromwell Franklin was elected, but died on December 25, 1873, 2½ weeks before the start of the Regular Session.
House of Representatives[]
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- David Abner, Sr.
- Decimus et Ultimus Barziza
- Thomas Beck
- Ed Brown
- Guy Morrison Bryan
- Jacob E. Freeman
- , Robertson County
- Meshack Roberts
- Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart
Membership Changes[]
District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
---|---|---|---|---|
District 6 | John Lafayette Camp | Camp resigned March 13, 1875. | Vacant | |
District 7 | David Browning Culberson | Culberson resigned March 3, 1875. | Vacant | |
District 12 | Vacant | Benjamin Cromwell Franklin, member-elect, died December 25, 1873. | March 19, 1874 | |
District 16 | Davidson refused to qualify January 14, 1874. | Seth Shepard[2] | March 26, 1874 | |
District 22 | Trolinger resigned before January 25, 1875. | January 25, 1875 |
- ^ District 16: Shepard elected in special election February 17, 1874, seated March 26, 1874 after election contest with Matthew Gaines
External links[]
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
Categories:
- Texas legislative sessions
- 1874 in Texas
- 1875 in Texas
- 1874 U.S. legislative sessions
- 1875 U.S. legislative sessions