Twenty-first Texas Legislature

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The Twenty-first Texas Legislature met from January 8 to April 6, 1889 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the .

Sessions[]

  • 20th Regular session: January 8, 1889 – April 6, 1889

Party summary[]

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation Members Note
Democratic Party 90
Republican Party 3
Independent 1
Total 94

Officers[]

Senate[]

  • Lieutenant Governor: , Democrat
  • President pro tempore:
    • , Democrat, Regular session
    • , Democrat, ad interim

House of Representatives[]

  • Speaker of the House: , Democrat

Members[]

Senate[]

Members of the Texas Senate for the Twenty-first Texas Legislature:

  • Leonard Anderson Abercrombie, Democrat
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  • John Walter Cranford, Democrat
  • William Wallace Davis, Democrat
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  • Scott Field, Democrat
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  • William Henry Pope, Democrat
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  • John Hall Stephens, Democrat
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House of Representatives[]

Members of the House of Representatives for the Twentieth Texas Legislature:

District Representative City County Party Took Office
1 Orange Orange Democrat January 8, 1889
2 Polk Democrat January 8, 1889
3 Jasper Democrat January 8, 1889
4 James Crossland Douglass Nacogdoches Democrat January 8, 1889 (prior: 1879-1881)
5 San Augustine San Augustine Democrat January 8, 1889
6 Henderson Rusk Democrat January 11, 1887
Panola Democrat January 13, 1885
Mount Selman Cherokee Democrat January 11, 1887 (prior: 1883-1885)
Bethel Anderson Democrat 1889
Athens Henderson Democrat 1889
Pittsburg Camp Democrat 1889
Tyler Smith Democrat 1889
Auga Houston Democrat 1889 (prior: 1895-1897)
Marshall Harrison Democrat 1887
Marshall Harrison Democrat 1889 (prior: 1883-1885)
Atlanta Cass Democrat 1887
[1] Atlanta Cass Democrat 1889
New Boston Bowie Democrat 1889
Detroit Red River Democrat 1889
Mount Pleasant Titus Democrat 1889
Paris Lamar Democrat 1889
Savoy Fannin Democrat 1889
Paris Lamar Democrat 1889 (prior: 1874-1876)
Delta Democrat 1889
Pickton Hopkins Democrat 1887
Greenville Hunt Democrat 1885
Canton Van Zandt Democrat 1889 (prior: 1876-1879)
[2] Howe Grayson Democrat 1887
Thomas J. Brown Sherman Grayson Democrat 1889
McKinney Collin Democrat 1889 (prior: 1876-1879, 1884–1885)
Denton Denton Democrat 1889
Gainesville Cooke Democrat 1889
Cooke Democrat 1889
Denton Denton Democrat 1889
[3] Dallas Dallas Democrat 1887
Richardson Dallas Democrat 1889
Birdville Tarrant Democrat 1889
Fate Rockwall Democrat 1889
Alvarado Johnson Democrat 1889
Palmer Ellis Democrat 1887
Whitney Hill Democrat 1889
Corsicana Navarro Democrat 1889 (prior: 1879-1881)
[4] Granbury Hood Democrat 1885
Meridian Bosque Democrat 1889
Wise Democrat 1889
Eastland Eastland Democrat 1889
Abilene Taylor Democrat 1889
Bowie Montague Democrat 1889
Decatur Wise Democrat 1889 (prior: 1874-1881)
Weatherford Parker Democrat 1889
47 Kaufman Kaufman Democrat 1889
Alexander Asberry Calvert Robertson Republican 1889
Leon Democrat 1889
Bryan Brazos Republican 1889 (prior: 1879-1881)
Hearne Robertson Democrat 1889
Anderson Grimes Democrat 1889
Richmond Fort Bend Democrat 1887
[5] Houston Harris Democrat 1889
Trinity Trinity Democrat 1889
Montgomery Montgomery Democrat 1889
Falls Independent 1889
Temple Bell Democrat 1889
Milam Democrat 1885
Mexia Limestone Democrat 1889
Dew Freestone Democrat 1889
Kerens Navarro Democrat 1889
Speegleville McLennan Democrat 1887 (prior: 1879-1881)
62 Groesbeck Limestone Democrat 1889
63 Coryell Democrat 1889
64 Guy Morrison Bryan Galveston Galveston Democrat 1888 (prior: 1847-1853, 1874–1876, 1879–1881)
65 Walter Gresham Galveston Galveston Democrat 1887
66 Wharton Wharton Democrat 1889
67 Columbus Colorado Democrat 1889
Nelsonville Austin Democrat 1889
Hackberry Lavaca Democrat 1889
[6] Ledbetter Fayette Democrat 1887
Flatonia Fayette Democrat 1889
Chappell Hill Washington Democrat 1889
Giddings Lee Democrat 1889
Lexington Lee Democrat 1889
Red Rock Bastrop Democrat 1889 (prior: 1883-1887)
[7] Bluff Springs Travis Democrat 1889 (prior: 1874-1876, 1879–1881, 1883–1887)
Austin Travis Democrat 1889
Burnet Democrat 1889 (prior: 1876-1879)
Goldthwaite Brown Democrat 1889
Leander Williamson Democrat 1885
San Saba Democrat 1889
El Paso El Paso Democrat 1889
Derby Frio Democrat 1889
Stockdale Wilson Democrat 1889
83[8] Rio Grande City Starr Democrat 1885
Laredo Webb Democrat 1889
Junction City Kimble Democrat 1889
Millett La Salle Democrat 1889
[9] San Antonio Bexar Democrat 1887
Converse Bexar Democrat 1889
[10] Victoria Victoria Democrat 1889
Cuero DeWitt Democrat 1889
Brownsville Cameron Republican 1889
New Braunfels Comal Democrat 1889 (prior: 1879-1881)
Leesville Gonzales Democrat 1889
[11] Martindale Caldwell Democrat 1887
San Marcos Hays Democrat 1887
Houston Harris Democrat 1889
Richard Levy Longview Gregg Democrat 1889
Point Rains Democrat 1889 (prior: 1885-1887)

^ These are multimember or flotorial districts.

Membership Changes[]

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