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Encyclopedia > Eighth Texas Legislature

The Eighth Texas Legislature met from 7 November 1859 to 9 April 1861 in its regular session, a first called session, and an adjourned session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1859. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

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November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Party Summary

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
Edward Clark, Democrat
President pro tempore
Jesse Grimes, Democrat, Regular session

This article concerns the Confederate governor of Texas. ...

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House 
Marion DeKalb Taylor, Democrat

Members

Members of the Eighth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, 7 November 1859: November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...


Senate

District Senator Party Took office
1 James W. Sims Democrat 1859
2 Lewis G. Harmon Democrat 1859
3 Martin D. Hart Democrat 1859
4 James W. Throckmorton Democrat 1857
5 Albert G. Walker Democrat 1857 (First time: 1849–1851)
6 Emory Rains Democrat 1859
7 John G. Chambers Democrat 1859
8 Louis T. Wigfall Democrat 1857
9 Jesse H. Parsons Democrat 1859
10 Elisha Everett Lott Democrat 1853
11 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat 1853
12 Alexis T. Rainey Democrat 1859
13 John N. Fall Democrat 1857
14 John R. Dickinson Democrat 1859
15 Henry C. Wallace Democrat 1859
16 Enoch S. Pitts Democrat 1859
17 Mark M. Potter Democrat 1851
18 Abram Morris Gentry Democrat 1859
19 Jesse Grimes Democrat 1855 (First time: 1846–1853)
20 Chauncey Berkeley Shepard Democrat 1857
21 David M. Whaley Democrat 1858
22 Francis Marion Martin Democrat 1859
23 George Bernard Erath Democrat 1857
24 George E. Quinan Democrat 1857
25 Eggleston D. Townes Democrat 1859
26 Fletcher S. Stockdale Democrat 1857
27 Thomas Hinds Duggan Democrat 1859 (First time: 1851–1853)
28 Edwin B. Scarborough Democrat 1853
29 Forbes Britton Democrat 1857
30 Isaiah Addison Paschal Democrat 1857 (First time: 1853–1855)
31 Gustav Schleicher Democrat 1859
32 Claiborne C. Herbert Democrat 1857
33 Archibald C. Hyde Democrat 1857

1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Liberty and Orange counties, and portions of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson and Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. ... James Webb Throckmorton - Governor of Texas Handbook of Texas Article This politics-related article is a stub. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Louis T. (Trezevant) Wigfall (April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) was an American politician from Texas he served as a member of the Texas Legislature, U.S. and Confederate Senates. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Fletcher Stockdale (1823 - 1902) was a U.S. political figure. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

House of Representatives

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  • Basilio Benavides
  • Anthony Martin Branch
  • Constantine W. Buckley
  • William Clark
  • Nicholas Henry Darnell
  • Isaac N. Dennis
  • David Catchings Dickson
  • Edward Dougherty
  • Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
  • James Marshall Harrison
  • Alfred Marmaduke Hobby
  • Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.
  • Henry Lawrence Kinney
  • Francis J. Lynch
  • John Haywood Manley
  • John N. McClarty
  • George McKnight
  • William Wright Morris
  • Titus H. Mundine
  • José Ángel Navarro (younger)
  • Benjamin F. Parker
  • Samuel Redgate
  • Joel Walter Robison
  • Daniel McDowell Short
  • John Dennis Stell
  • Marion DeKalb Taylor
  • Robert H. Taylor
  • Robert J. Townes
  • Charles A. Warfield
  • George Washington Whitmore
  • William Amos Wortham
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Wrede, Jr.

Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (April 25, 1805 _ December 25, 1873) was the first judge of the Republic of Texas. ... Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. ...

Membership Changes

Senate

District Outgoing
Senator		 Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
District 3 Martin D. Hart Hart resigned 26 February 1861. Turner L. Greene Unknown
District 8 Louis T. Wigfall Wigfall announced his resignation on 7 December 1859. E. A. Blanch 14 January 1860
District 9 Jesse H. Parsons Parsons resigned after the adjourned session. None
District 12 Alexis T. Rainey Rainey resigned after the regular session. Steward Alexander Miller 21 January 1861
District 14 John R. Dickinson Dickinson resigned after the regular session. Henry P. C. Dulany 26 January 1861
District 15 Henry C. Wallace Wallace resigned 4 January 1861. Franklin Barlow Sexton None[1]
District 15 Franklin Barlow Sexton Sexton did not appear. None[2]
District 25 Eggleston D. Townes Townes resigned 13 March 1861. Nathan George Shelley[3] 4 November 1861
District 29 Forbes Britton Britton resigned after the called session. Benjamin Franklin Neal 19 March 1861
District 30 Isaiah Addison Paschal Paschal resigned 29 March 1861. Unknown Unknown

February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Louis T. (Trezevant) Wigfall (April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) was an American politician from Texas he served as a member of the Texas Legislature, U.S. and Confederate Senates. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Some Confederate soldiers The Confederate States Army (CSA) was formed in February, 1861, to defend the Confederate States of America, which had itself been formed that same year when seven southern states seceded from the United States (with four more to follow). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

House of Representatives

District Outgoing
Representative		 Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
District 22 John N. McClarty McClarty resigned after the regular session. William Wright Morris 22 January 1861
District 65 Henry Lawrence Kinney Kinney was opposed to secession and resigned 9 February 1861. Alfred Marmaduke Hobby 19 March 1861

January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

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