Fourth Texas Legislature
The Fourth Texas Legislature met from November 3, 1851 to February 7, 1853 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 1850.
Sessions[]
- 4th Regular session: November 3, 1851 – February 16, 1852
- 4th First called session: January 10–February 7, 1853
Party summary[]
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Officers[]
Senate[]
- Lieutenant Governor
- James Wilson Henderson, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edward Burleson[1], Democrat, Regular session
- Jesse Grimes, Democrat, Regular session, First called session
- ^ Senator Burleson died during the regular session on December 26, 1851.
House of Representatives[]
- Speaker of the House
- David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
Add to Representatives: Issac B. McFarland, Democrat, elected in 1851 from La Grange, Fayette County
Sources: several obituaries, family history, list of One Hundredth Anniversary of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas
Members[]
Senate[]
Members of the Texas Senate for the Fourth Texas Legislature:
District | Senator | Party | Took office |
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1 | Democrat | 1851 | |
2 | William M. "Buckskin" Williams | Democrat | 1851 (First time:1846–1849) |
3 | Democrat | 1851 | |
4 | Democrat | 1849 | |
5 | M. D. K. Taylor | Democrat | 1851 |
6 | Democrat | 1851 | |
7 | Democrat | 1847 | |
8 | Democrat | 1851 | |
9 | Democrat | 1851 (First time:1846–1847) | |
10 | Democrat | 1851 | |
11 | Adolphus Sterne | Democrat | 1851 |
12 | Democrat | 1851 | |
13 | Democrat | 1851 | |
14 | James H. Armstrong | Democrat | 1851 |
15 | Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 1846 |
16 | Democrat | 1851 | |
17 | Peter W. Gray | Democrat | 1851 |
18 | Democrat | 1851 | |
19 | James Charles Wilson | Democrat | 1851 |
20 | Democrat | 1851 (First time:1847–1849) | |
21 | Edward Burleson | Democrat | 1846 |
22 | Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach | Democrat | 1851 |
23 | Thomas Hinds Duggan | Democrat | 1851 |
24 | Democrat | 1851 | |
25 | Henry Lawrence Kinney | Democrat | 1846 |
26 | Democrat | 1851 |
House of Representatives[]
Members of the House of Representatives for the Fourth Texas Legislature:
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District | Representative | First day of term | Last day of term | Counties Represented |
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1 | Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Jefferson, Tyler |
2 | William Fields | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Liberty, Polk |
- Hamilton P. Bee
- Guy Morrison Bryan
- David Catchings Dickson
- Memucan Hunt, Jr.
- Robert Simpson Neighbors
- Emory Rains
- Hardin Richard Runnels
- Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart
Membership Changes[]
Senate[]
District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
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District 11 | Adolphus Sterne | Senator Sterne died March 27, 1852. | January 20, 1852 | |
District 18 | Senator Merriman resigned August 31, 1852. | January 20, 1852 | ||
District 21 | Edward Burleson | Senator Burleson died December 26, 1851. | John Salmon "Rip" Ford | January 20, 1852 |
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
- 1850s in Texas
- 1851 establishments in Texas
- 1851 in Texas
- 1852 in Texas
- 1851 U.S. legislative sessions
- 1852 U.S. legislative sessions