The 6th Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1855 to September 1, 1856 in its regular session and one adjourned session. All 80 members of the Texas House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Texas Senate were elected in 1855.

Sessions

* 6th Regular session: November 5, 1855 – February 4, 1856 * 6th Adjourned session: July 7–September 1, 1856

Party summary

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor:

Hardin Richard Runnels Hardin Richard Runnels (August 30, 1820 – December 25, 1873) was a United States politician. He served as the sixth Governor of Texas for one term but notably was the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest. Early lif ...

, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'':

Jesse Grimes Jesse Grimes (1788–1866) was a Texas pioneer and politician. Before moving to Texas, he fought in the War of 1812. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. He served as Senator in the Republic of Texas Congress and in the Texas ...

, Regular session, Adjourned session

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : Hamilton P. Bee

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Sixth Texas Legislature:

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Sixth Texas Legislature: * John David German Adrian * Hamilton P. Bee * N. B. Charlton *

John Winfield Scott Dancy John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

* Isaac N. Dennis * Julien Sidney Devereux *

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 ...

* Mathew Duncan Ector * James Carlton Francis * James Alfred Head *

John Rhodes King John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

* Pleasant Williams Kittrell *

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 ...

* Jefferson Carruthers McAlpine * John Hazelrigg McClanahan * Robert Caldwell Neblett *

William Beck Ochiltree William Beck Ochiltree (October 18, 1811 – December 27, 1867), was a settler, judge, and legislator in Texas. In 1963, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 967, honoring Colonel Ochiltree, was placed at the courthouse in Perryton. Biography ...

* Dr. Lewis S. Owings * Benjamin F. Parker *

John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and ''L ...

Ashbel Smith Ashbel Smith (August 13, 1805 – January 21, 1886) was a pioneer physician, diplomat, slave owner, and official of the Republic of Texas, Confederate officer and first President of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas. Smith was an a ...

William Stedman William Stedman (January 21, 1765 – August 31, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Stedman was born in Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied l ...

* Benjamin E. Tarver * William S. Taylor * William M. "Buckskin" Williams * Israel Worsham

Membership Changes

External links

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