The Seventh Texas Legislature met from November 2, 1857 to February 16, 1858 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1857.
Sessions
* 7th Regular session: November 2, 1857 – February 16, 1858
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor:
Francis Richard Lubbock, Democrat
; President ''pro tempore'':
M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
:
Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, ''Ad interim''
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House
:
William S. Taylor, Democrat, 1857–18 January 1858
:
Matthew Fielding Locke
Matthew Francis Locke (1824–1911) was an American politician in Texas. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. Locke served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in the Seventh Texas Legislature. H ...
, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859
[Locke, as Speaker ''pro tempore'', had served as Speaker from December 26, 1857 when Taylor had taken leave because of illness.]
Members
Members of the Seventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 2, 1857:
Senate
House of Representatives
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Hamilton P. Bee
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John Henry Brown
John Henry Brown (October 29, 1820 – May 31, 1895) was an American journalist, military leader, author, politician, and historian, who served as a state legislator and as mayor of both Galveston (1856) and Dallas, Texas (1885-1887). Brown was ...
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Constantine W. Buckley
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James G. Collier, Tyler County
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Isaac N. Dennis
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David Catchings Dickson
David Catchings Dickson (February 25, 1818 – June 5, 1880) was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as the ninth Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was als ...
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Randolph C. Doom Randolph may refer to:
Places In the United States
* Randolph, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Randolph, Arizona, a populated place
* Randolph, California, a village merged into the city of Brea
* Randolph, Illinois, an unincorporated comm ...
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Horatio White Fisher
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Lindsay Hagler,
San Patricio County
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James Marshall Harrison
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Spearman Holland
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Matthew Fielding Locke
Matthew Francis Locke (1824–1911) was an American politician in Texas. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. Locke served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in the Seventh Texas Legislature. H ...
, Democrat
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Eli T. Merriman
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José Ángel Navarro
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Moses Fisk Roberts
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William R. Shannon, Democrat
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Charles William Tait
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William S. Taylor, Democrat
Membership Changes
Senate
House of Representatives
Notes
References
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External links
{{TexasLegislatures
07 Texas Legislature
1857 in Texas
1858 in Texas
1857 U.S. legislative sessions
1858 U.S. legislative sessions