Sixteenth Texas Legislature
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The Sixteenth Texas Legislature met from 14 January to 9 July 1879 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 1878 General Election.
Contents
Sessions
- 16th Regular session: 14 January–24 April 1879
- 16th First called session: 10 June–9 July 1879
Party summary
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Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Joseph Draper Sayers, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edwin Hobby, Democrat, Regular session, ad interim
- Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Democrat, First called session
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- John Hughes Cochran, Democrat
Members
Members of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, 14 January 1879:
Senate
House of Representatives
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- Benjamin M. Baker
- Thomas Beck
- William Bell
- Guy Morrison Bryan
- William Clemens
- John Hughes Cochran
- James N. English
- R. J. Evans
- George Finlay
- Jacob E. Freeman
- Samuel Frost
- Caleb Jackson Garrison
- Charles Reese Gibson
- Bedford G. Guy
- William Kercheval Homan
- Elias Mayes
- George Pickett
- Joseph Benjamin Polley
- Alonzo Sledge
- Ashbel Smith
- Felix Ezell Smith
- M. D. K. Taylor
- Robert H. Taylor
- Benjamin Franklin Williams
- Charles Louis Wurzbach
Membership Changes
District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
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District 1 | Edwin Hobby | Hobby resigned 10 July 1879. | Vacant | |
District 2 | Peyton Forbes Edwards | resigned 4 December 1871. | Vacant | |
District 15 | Thomas J. McCulloch | McCulloch resigned 3 September 1879. | Vacant | |
District 16 | James R. Burnett | Burnett resigned 9 October 1879. | John T. Buchanan[1] | after 17 February 1880 |
District 19 | Andrew Phelps McCormick | McCormick resigned 12 April 1879. | Robert Gould Street | 10 June 1879 |
District 20 | William Kercheval Homan | Homan resigned 9 July 1879. | William Kercheval Homan | after 17 February 1880 |
District 29 | John Salmon “Rip” Ford | Ford resigned 30 August 1879. | Vacant |
- ^ District 16: Buchanan was elected in special election 17 February 1880
- ^ District 20: Homan was reelected in special election 17 February 1880