The Ninth Texas Legislature met from November 4, 1861 to March 7, 1863 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 1861.

Sessions

*9th Regular session: November 4, 1861 – January 14, 1862 *9th First called session: February 2–March 7, 1863]

Party summary

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor:

John McClannahan Crockett John McClannahan Crockett (December 26, 1816 – August 4, 1887) was a Texan lawyer, mayor of Dallas, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. A South Carolina native, Crockett moved to Texas in 1847. He became the second mayor of Dallas, ...

; President ''pro tempore'':

Robert Henry Guinn Robert Henry Guinn (January 19, 1822 – January 18, 1887) was a Texas politician. Guinn was a Democrat and served District 11, representing Cherokee County, Texas, in the Texas State Senate during the Fifth Texas Legislature, Sixth Texas Legis ...

, Regular session, First called session

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : Constantine W. Buckley, Democrat, November 4, 1861 – December 7, 1861 :

Nicholas Henry Darnell Nicholas Henry Darnell (April 20, 1807 – July 16, 1885) was an American politician in Tennessee and Texas. He was the only person to serve as speaker (politics), Speaker of the House of the Republic of Texas Republic of Texas House of Represent ...

,Darnell resigned in 1862 to serve in the

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...

. Democrat, 7 December 1861–1862 : Constantine W. Buckley, Democrat, 1863

Members

Members of the Ninth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 4, 1861

Senate

House of Representatives

* George H. Bagby *Payton Bethell * Constantine W. Buckley * Horace Cone *

* Robert Turner Flewellen * Sterling Brown Hendricks *

Alfred Marmaduke Hobby Alfred Marmaduke Hobby (1836 – February 5, 1881) was a famous Texas merchant, politician, Confederate officer, and poet. He was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1836, the son of Martin and Anna Elizabeth (Slade) Hobby. Hobby's nephew is William P. ...

* James K. Holland * Spearman Holland * Samuel A. Maverick * James G. McDonald * José Ángel Navarro * John Smith * James D. Woods * William Amos Wortham * Samuel James Polk McDowell

Membership Changes

Senate

House of Representatives

References

External links

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