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Twentieth Texas Legislature
The 20th Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887, in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888, in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 general election. Sessions * 20th Regular session: January 11, 1887 – April 4, 1887 * 20th First called session: April 16, 1888 – May 15, 1888 Party summary House of Representatives Officers Senate * Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Benton Wheeler, Democrat * President ''pro tempore'': ** William Henry Pope, Democrat, Regular session ** Caleb J. Garrison, Democrat, Regular session ** John Woods, Democrat, First called session House of Representatives * Speaker of the House: George C. Pendleton, Democrat Source material was unclear in which order the two Presidents ''pro tempore'' served. Members Members of the Twentieth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1887: Senate House of Represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Texas Elections
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6–February 9, 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
