The Fifteenth Texas Legislature met from April 18 to August 21, 1876, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1875.
Sessions
*15th Regular session: April 18 – August 21, 1876
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor
:
Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr., Democrat
; President ''pro tempore''
:
Wells Thompson, Democrat
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House
:
Thomas Reuben Bonner, Democrat
Members
Members of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, April 18, 1876:
Senate
House of Representatives
*
Robert D. Allison
*
Benjamin M. Baker
*
Decimus et Ultimus Barziza
*
Thomas Reuben Bonner
*
John Hughes Cochran
*
Nicholas Henry Darnell
*
Thomas Mason Dennis
*
Caleb Jackson Garrison
*
John Summerfield Griffith
*
William H. Holland
*
Alexander Horton
*
William W. Lang
*
Norton Moses
*
George Pickett
George Edward Pickett (January 16,Military records cited by Eicher, p. 428, and Warner, p. 239, list January 28. The memorial that marks his gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery lists his birthday as January 25. Thclaims to have accessed the baptism ...
*
Meshack Roberts
*
William Long Rogers
*
Henry Sneed
*
Elias Charles Stuart
*
Thomas Towles
*
John Quitman Wall
*
Allen W. Wilder
*
Charles Louis Wurzbach
Logan Henderson McCorkle, Sulphur Springs
Representative Wilder won a closely contested election, but House Democrats contended that some votes were illegal and seated his Democratic opponent instead.
Membership changes
* Sworn in at the beginning of the
Sixteenth Texas Legislature
The 16th Texas Legislature met from January 14 to July 9, 1879 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 1878 General Election.
Sessions
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External links
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