Thirteenth Texas Legislature
The Thirteenth Texas Legislature met from January 14 to June 4, 1873 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1872.
Sessions
- 13th Regular session: January 14–June 4, 1873
Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Vacant
- President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio)
- Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat
Members
Members of the Thirteenth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1873:
Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Bradford Pickett | 1870 | |
| 2 | William H. Swift | 1871 | |
| 3 | James Elizer Dillard | 1871 | |
| 4 | Thomas J. Word | 1872 | |
| 5 | David Webster Flanagan | Republican | 1870 |
| 6 | John Lane Henry | 1872 | |
| 7 | Henry Rawson | 1870 | |
| 8 | Hamilton J. Avinger | 1872 | |
| 9 | Henry Russell Latimer | 1870 | |
| 10 | David W. Cole | 1870 | |
| 11 | Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney | 1870 | |
| 12 | George Thompson Ruby | Republican | 1870 |
| 13 | Francis J. Franks | 1872 | |
| 14 | James G. Tracy | 1872 | |
| 15 | Edward T. Randle | 1872 | |
| 16 | Matthew Gaines | 1870 | |
| 17 | William A. Saylor | 1870 | |
| 18 | Phidello W. Hall | 1870 | |
| 19 | S. W. Ford | 1870 | |
| 20 | William H. Pyle | 1870 | |
| 21 | Samuel Evans | 1870 | |
| 22 | E. Thomas Broughton | 1870 | |
| 23 | Andrew J. Ball | 1872 | |
| 24 | George Preston Finlay | Democrat | 1872 (Prior: 1861–1863) |
| 25 | Robert P. Tendick | 1871 | |
| 26 | Joseph D. Sayers | Democrat | 1872 |
| 27 | Thomas H. Baker | 1870 | |
| 28 | Nathan George Shelley | Democrat | 1872 (Prior: 1861–1863, 1865–1867) |
| 29 | Henry C. King | 1872 | |
| 30 | Albert Jennings Fountain | Republican | 1870 |
House of Representatives
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- C. L. Abbott
- John Adriance
- Richard Allen, Republican
- James Monroe Anderson
- James Armstrong
- A. S. Broaddus
- John Henry Brown
- Gustave Cook
- John Cunningham
- James Eastland
- W. A. Ellett
- [Henry Clay Ghent, M.D. (Seventeenth District, including Bell and Milam Counties)]
- James Marshall Harrison
- John Ireland
- Marcellus E. Kleberg
- Henry Moore
- Stephen Powers
- Davis M. Prendergast
- Frank Rainey
- Meshack Roberts
- Chauncey B. Sabin
- George Washington Smith
- M. D. K. Taylor
- Alfred Sturgis Thurmond
- Joseph Albert Tivy[1]
- Khleber Miller Van Zandt
- James H. Washington
- Allen W. Wilder
- Richard Williams
^ Representative Allen was apparently re-elected, but House Democrats alleged voting fraud and seated his Democratic opponent instead.
References
External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
 Texas State Legislatures by year convened | |
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