3rd Texas Legislature
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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The 3rd Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1849 to December 3, 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849.
Sessions
- 3rd Regular session: November 5, 1849 – February 11, 1850
- 3rd First called session: August 12, 1850 – September 6, 1850
- 3rd Second called session: November 18, 1850 – December 3, 1850
Party summary
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Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- John Alexander Greer, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edward Burleson, Democrat
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
Members
Senate
Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature:
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthias Ward | Democrat | 1849 |
| 2 | Albert Hamilton Latimer | Democrat | 1849 |
| 3 | Hart Hardin | Democrat | 1849 |
| 4 | Albert Gallitan Walker | Democrat | 1849 |
| Samuel R. Campbell | Democrat | 1850 | |
| 5 | David Gage | Democrat | 1847 |
| 6 | James F. Taylor | Democrat | 1849 |
| 7 | Alfred M. Truitt | Democrat | 1849 |
| 8 | John H. McRae | Democrat | 1847 |
| 9 | John H. Moffitt | Democrat | 1849 |
| 10 | Isaac Parker | Democrat | 1847 |
| 11 | John B. Jones | Democrat | 1849 |
| Elisha Marshall Pease | Democrat | 1849 | |
| 12 | Isaac Wright Brashear | Democrat | 1846 |
| 13 | Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 1846 |
| 14 | Jerome Bonaparte "Polly" Robertson | Democrat | 1849 |
| 15 | Wilds K. Cooke | Democrat | 1849 |
| 16 | Edward Burleson | Democrat | 1846 |
| 17 | David Young Portis | Democrat | 1849 |
| 18 | Alexander H. Phillips | Democrat | 1846 |
| 19 | Henry Lawrence Kinney | Democrat | 1846 |
| 20 | David Campbell Van Derlip | Democrat | 1849 |
| 21 | Henry Clay Davis | Democrat | 1849 |
| 22 | Benjamin Rush Wallace | Democrat | 1846 |
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the Third Texas Legislature:
| District | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties Represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burrell Perry Smith | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Red River |
| 2 | Hardin Richard Runnels | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 21, 1850 | Bowie, Red River |
| 3 | James S. Gillet | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Lamar |
| 4 | Alfred Elkins Pace | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | September 7, 1850 | Fannin |
| Vacant | — | September 7, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | ||
| Harrison G. Hendricks | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 5 | William M. Williams | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Fannin, Lamar |
| 6 | Samuel Bogart | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Collin, Grayson |
| 7 | William M. Cochran | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Dallas, Denton |
| 8 | Johnson Wren | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Hopkins, Hunt |
| 9 | Joshua F. Johnson | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Titus |
| 10 | Marion DeKalb Taylor | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cass |
| 11 | Jeremiah M. Clough | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | September 6, 1850 | Harrison |
| Vacant | — | September 6, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | ||
| Louis Trezevant Wigfall | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 12 | John H. McNairy | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | July 22, 1850 | Harrison, Upshur |
| Vacant | — | July 22, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | ||
| Joseph Taylor | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 13 | Emory Lloyd | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Rusk |
| 14 | James K. Holland | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Panola, Rusk |
| 15 | Elisha Everett Lott | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Henderson, Smith |
| 16 | Benjamin F. Selman | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cherokee |
| 17 | William N. Hardeman | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Nacogdoches |
| 18 | William G. W. Jowers | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Anderson, Houston |
| 19 | Nicholas Adolphus Sterne | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches |
| 20 | John Polk Jr. | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | San Augustine |
| 21 | Josiah M. Smith | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Shelby |
| 22 | Edgar A. Whittlesey | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | July 14, 1850 | Newton, Sabine |
| Vacant | — | July 14, 1850 | August 16, 1850 | ||
| Joshua H. Speights | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | August 16, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 23 | Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Jasper, Jefferson, Tyler |
| 24 | William Fields | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Liberty, Polk |
| 25 | Benjamin Cromwell Franklin | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Galveston |
| Thomas Freeman McKinney | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 21, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 26 | J. M. Reynolds | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Harris |
| John Shea | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| James W. Scott | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 27 | Guy Morrison Bryan | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Brazoria, Fort Bend |
| 28 | David Catchings Dickson | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Grimes, Montgomery |
| 29 | Charles Gradison Keenan | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Walker |
| '30 | Elliott M. Millican | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | July 15, 1850 | Brazos, Leon, Robertson |
| Vacant | — | July 15, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | ||
| John Patrick | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 31 | Edward H. Tarrant | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Limestone, Navarro |
| 32 | James Charles Wilson | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | October 15, 1850 | Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton |
| Vacant | — | October 15, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | ||
| Clark L. Owen | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 33 | William Edmund Crump | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | October 13, 1850 | Austin, Colorado |
| Vacant | — | October 13, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | ||
| Zimri Hunt | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 34 | William J. Russell | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Fayette |
| 35 | Benjamin E. Tarver | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | July 21, 1850 | Washington |
| Vacant | — | July 21, 1850 | August 12, 1850 | ||
| James E. Shepard | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | August 12, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| James G. Sheppard | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | August 12, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 36 | James Shaw | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Bastrop, Burleson |
| 37 | George E. Burney | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Milam, Williamson |
| 38 | Thomas M. Hardeman | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Caldwell, Hays, Travis |
| 39 | Darwin M. Stapp | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria |
| 40 | William H. Stewart | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe |
| 41 | William G. Crump | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Bexar |
| Henry M. Lewis | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | ||
| 42 | Reuben E. Clements | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Nueces, Starr, Webb |
| 43 | Hamilton Prioleau Bee | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb |
| 44 | Edward H. Winfield | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Starr, Webb |
Membership Changes
Senate
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 4 | Albert G. Walker | Senator Walker resigned March 30, 1850 | Samuel R. Campbell[1] | August 12, 1850 |
| District 6 | James F. Taylor | Senator Taylor resigned October 5, 1850. | James F. Taylor[2] | November 18, 1850 |
| District 11 | John B. Jones | In an election contest, Elisha M. Pease unseated Senator Jones on November 9, 1849. | Elisha M. Pease | November 9, 1849 |
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Campbell was elected in a special election on July 22, 1850.
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ After his resignation, Taylor was reelected in a special election.