The 18th Texas Legislature met from January 9, 1883 to February 6, 1884 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in the
1882 general election.
Sessions
*18th Regular session: January 9–April 13, 1883
*18th First called session: January 8–February 6, 1884
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor
:
Francis Marion Martin, Democrat
; President ''pro tempore''
:
Augustus W. Houston, Democrat, Regular session
:
Samuel Bronson Cooper
Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Education and career
Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky, ...
, Democrat, ''ad interim'', First called session
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House
:
Charles Reese Gibson, Democrat
Members
Members of the Eighteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 9, 1883:
Senate
House of Representatives
*
Benjamin M. Baker
*
William John Caven
*
R. J. Evans
*
George Finlay
*
George Washington Lafayette Fly
*
Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
*
Charles Reese Gibson
*
Andrew Jackson Harris
*
William Kercheval Homan
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...
*
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Sr. (May 18, 1842 – May 25, 1924), was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Hutcheson was born near Boydton, V ...
*
John Marks Moore
John Marks Moore (January 23, 1853 – September 28, 1902) was an American attorney, Democratic politician from Texas, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State of Texas during the term of Lawrence Sullivan Ross. ...
*
Absolom C. Oliver
*
George C. Pendleton
George Cassety Pendleton (April 23, 1845 – January 19, 1913) was an American Democratic politician who was a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas, and a U.S. Representative from the 7th ...
—District 24
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Thomas A. Rodríguez
*
George Robertson Reeves
*
Benjamin Dudley Tarlton
Benjamin Dudley Tarlton (October 18, 1849 – September 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, legislator, judge, and professor. Tarlton practiced law in Texas from 1899 to 1904. He served in the seventeenth and nineteenth Texas Legislatures as memb ...
*
George T. Todd
*
Arthur Tompkins
*
John Henry Traylor
*
James W. Truitt
*
William Wallace Weatherred
*
Charles Louis Wurzbach
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
*
G. W. Wyatt
*
Alexander John Leo
Membership changes
External links
{{TexasLegislatures
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1884 in Texas
1883 U.S. legislative sessions
1884 U.S. legislative sessions