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The '''2nd Texas Legislature''' met from December 13, 1847 to March 20, 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847.

==Sessions==
* '''2nd Regular session:''' December 13, 1847 – March 20, 1848

==Party summary==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Officers==

===Senate===
; Lieutenant Governor: [[John Alexander Greer]], Democrat
; President ''pro tempore'': [[Edward Burleson]], Democrat

===House of Representatives===
; Speaker of the House : [[J. W. Henderson|James Wilson Henderson]], Democrat

==Members==

===Senate===
Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! District
! Senator
! Term start
! Term end
! Party
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 1|1]]
| [[William M. "Buckskin" Williams]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table>{{cite news|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48320/m1/3|title=Table of members of the first Texas Legislature of the State of Texas|newspaper=The Texas Democrat|publication-place=[[Austin, Texas]]|volume=1|number=20|edition=1|date=May 20, 1846|via=[[The Portal to Texas History]]}}</ref>
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 2|2]]
| [[James B. Wootten]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 3|3]]
| [[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]]{{efn|Clark was elected but never sworn}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Texas Senate, District 4|4]]
| [[David Aaron Gage]]
| December 17, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Isaac Parker (Texas politician)|Isaac Parker]]
| February 16, 1846
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 5|5]]
| [[Benjamin Rush Wallace]]
| February 16, 1846
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 6|6]]
| [[John H. McRae]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 7|7]]
| [[William C. Abbott]]
| December 14, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 8|8]]
| [[Henry J. Jewett]]
| February 16, 1846
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 9|9]]
| [[Jesse Grimes]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 10|10]]
| [[Isaac W. Brashear]]
| December 15, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 11|11]]
| [[Richard Bache Jr.]]{{efn|Bache won the special election to fill [[Thomas Freeman McKinney]]'s unexpired term}}
| December 28, 1847
| March 17, 1848
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 12|12]]
| [[Stephen W. Perkins]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 13|13]]
| [[Philip Cuney|Philip Minor Cuney]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 14|14]]
| [[John Winfield Scott Dancy]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 15|15]]
| [[Edward Burleson]]
| February 16, 1846
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 16|16]]
| [[Robert McAlpin Williamson]]
| February 16, 1846
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 17|17]]
| [[Alexander H. Phillips]]
| February 16, 1846
| March 1, 1848
| Anti tariff<ref name=Table/>
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 18|18]]
| [[José Antonio Navarro]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Texas Senate, District 19|19]]
| [[Henry Lawrence Kinney]]{{efn|Kinney was elected but never sworn}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Edward Fitzgerald (Texas politician)|Edward Fitzgerald]]{{efn|Fitzgerald resigned}}
| February 5, 1848
| March 20, 1848
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District F|F]]{{ref|distf}}
| [[James G. Bourland]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|}

* {{note|distf}} Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]], [[Red River County, Texas|Red River]], [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin]], and [[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar counties]]

===House of Representatives===
Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Texas Legislature:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=Legislative Reference Library &#124; Legislators and Leaders &#124; Texas Legislators: Past & Present}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! District
! Representative
! Term start
! Term end
! Party
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Austin County, Texas|Austin]]
| [[William E. Crump]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
| [[Charles R. Railey|Charles Railey]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
! [[Bastrop County, Texas|Bastrop]]
| [[Thomas Jones Hardeman]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar]]
| [[Mathew A. Dooley]]
| December 16, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
| [[Henry Martyn Lewis]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]]
| [[Samuel Fountain Mosely]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
| [[Hardin Richard Runnels]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria]]
| [[Guy Morrison Bryan]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
| [[Elisha M. Pease]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=February 2020}}
|-
! [[Brazos County, Texas|Brazos]]
| [[Elliott McNeil Millican]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Colorado County, Texas|Colorado]]
| [[John Forrester Miller]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[William B. Perry]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin]]
| [[Samuel Bogart]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Thomas Jefferson Shannon]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Fayette County, Texas|Fayette]]
| [[William Henry Crutcher]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[William Graham Webb]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Fort Bend County, Texas|Fort Bend]]
| [[William S. Rayner]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Galveston County, Texas|Galveston]]
| [[Mark Milton Potter]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Hamilton Stuart]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Goliad County, Texas|Goliad]]
| [[Jesse Stoddard]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=4|[[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales]]
| [[James L. Allen (Texas politician)|James L. Allen]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[John D. Anderson (politician)|John D. Anderson]]
| December 13, 1847
| January 10, 1848
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| ''Vacant''
| January 10, 1848
| February 15, 1848
| {{n/a}}
|-
| [[William Henry Stewart]]
| February 15, 1848
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=5|[[Harris County, Texas|Harris]]
| [[James Wilson Henderson]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Magnus T. Rogers]]
| December 13, 1847
| January 26, 1848
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| ''Vacant''
| January 26, 1848
| February 19, 1848
| {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Jacob De Cordova|Jacob Raphael De Cordova]]
| February 19, 1848
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Benjamin Franklin Tankersley]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=3|[[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]]
| [[Richard Newton Goode]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[James Franklin Taylor]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]<ref name=Whig>{{cite journal|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117147/m1/47|title=Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified from the census of 1850|journal=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly|volume=73|date=July 1969 - April 1970|via=[[The Portal to Texas History]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Erwin Wilder|Erwin M. Wilder]]
| December 13, 1847
| December 21, 1847
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]<ref name=Whig/>
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Houston County, Texas|Houston]]
| [[Steward Alexander Miller]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
| [[William Turner Sadler]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
! [[Jackson County, Texas|Jackson]]
| [[Benjamin Jobe White]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Jasper County, Texas|Jasper]]
| [[Zimri Williams Eddy]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson]]
| [[James H. Armstrong]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar]]
| [[William Howard Bourland]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-
| [[Johnson Wren]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty]]
| [[John H. Davis (Texas politician)|John H. Davis]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[William Fields (politician)|William Fields]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Matagorda County, Texas|Matagorda]]
| [[Thomas Mason Dennis]]
| February 26, 1848
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Milam County, Texas|Milam]]
| [[James Shaw (Texas politician)|James Shaw]]
| February 26, 1848
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=4|[[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery]]
| [[Thomas Carothers (politician)|Thomas Carothers]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Charles G. Keenan]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Jerome B. McCown]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Arch McNeill]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=3|[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches]]
| [[Elisha Everett Lott]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[John Henninger Reagan]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Adolphus Sterne]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=3|[[Red River, Texas|Red River]]
| [[Benjamin Holland Epperson]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|-
| [[James Gilliam (politician)|James Gilliam]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[William B. Stout (politician)|William B. Stout]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Refugio County, Texas|Refugio]]
| [[Benjamin Franklin Neal]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson]]
| [[James M. Davis (Texas politician)|James M. Davis]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Clinton McKamy Winkler]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk]]
| [[James H. Lyons]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[Jesse Walling]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Sabine County, Texas|Sabine]]
| [[James M. Burroughs]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
| [[Peter F. Renfro]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[San Augustine County, Texas|San Augustine]]
| [[William C. Edwards (American politician)|William C. Edwards]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[History of the Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
| [[Otis M. Wheeler]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio]]
| [[Mirabeau B. Lamar]]
| December 13, 1847
| January 28, 1848{{efn|Lamar resigned}}
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[Shelby County, Texas|Shelby]]
| [[Emory Rains]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[James Alfred Truitt]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Travis County, Texas|Travis]]
| [[Samuel Haynie]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! [[Victoria County, Texas|Victoria]]
| [[A.J. Cunningham]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
! rowspan=3|[[Washington County, Texas|Washington]]
| [[Van Rensaeller Irion]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=Table/>
|-
| [[Jerome Bonaparte Robertson]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
| [[James Willie (Texas politician)|James Willie]]
| December 13, 1847
| November 5, 1849
| {{dm|date=May 2024}}
|-
|}

==Membership Changes==

===Senate===
<!-- SORTED BY DISTRICT-->
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" valign="bottom"
! District
! Outgoing<br>Senator
! width="50%" | Reason for Vacancy
! Successor
! width="15%" | Date of Successor's Installation
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 11|District 11]]
| [[Richard Bache Jr.]]
| Senator Bache died March 17, 1848
| None
| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 17|District 17]]
| [[Alexander H. Phillips]]
| Senator Phillips resigned March 1, 1848.
| None
| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 19|District 19]]
| [[Henry Lawrence Kinney]]
| Senator Kinney resigned before December 18, 1847.
| [[Edward Fitzgerald (Texas politician)|Edward Fitzgerald]]
| February 5, 1848
|-
! [[Texas Senate, District 19|District 19]]
| [[Edward Fitzgerald (Texas politician)|Edward Fitzgerald]]
| Senator Fitzgerald resigned March 20, 1848.
| None
| {{n/a}}
|}

===House of Representatives===
<!-- SORTED BY DISTRICT-->
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" valign="bottom"
! District
! Outgoing<br>Representative
! width="50%" | Reason for Vacancy
! Successor
! width="15%" | Date of Successor's Installation
|-
! [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales]]
| [[John D. Anderson (politician)|John D. Anderson]]
| Representative Anderson resigned due to ill health on January 10, 1848
| [[William Henry Stewart]]{{ref|Gonzales}}
| February 15, 1848
|-
! [[Harris County, Texas|Harris]]
| [[Magnus T. Rogers]]
| Representative Rogers died on January 26, 1848.
| [[Jacob De Cordova|Jacob Raphael De Cordova]]{{ref|Harris}}
| February 19, 1848
|-
! [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]]
| [[Erwin M. Wilder]]
| Representative Wilder was granted compassionate leave and never returned.
| None
| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio]]
| [[Mirabeau B. Lamar]]
| Representative Lamar resigned on January 8, 1848.
| None
| {{n/a}}
|}

*{{note|Gonzales}} '''[[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales]]:''' Stewart succeeded Anderson, who had resigned in January 1848, on February 15, 1848.
*{{note|Harris}} '''[[Harris County, Texas|Harris]]:''' Jacob Raphael De Cordova succeeded Magnus Rogers after his death and took the oath of office on February 19, 1848.

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
<references />

==External links==
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