The 17th Texas Legislature met from January 11, 1881, to May 5, 1882, 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 1880 Texas General Election, 1880 General Election.

Sessions

*17th Regular session: January 11–April 1, 1881 *17th First called session: April 6–May 5, 1882

Party summary

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor : Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'' : Edwin Hobby, Democrat, Regular session : Francis Marion Martin, Democrat, ''ad interim'', First called session

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : George Robertson Reeves, Democrat

Members

Members of the Seventeenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1881:

Senate

House of Representatives

*Benjamin M. Baker *Thomas Beck (Texas politician), Thomas Beck *William John Caven *R. J. Evans *George Finlay (Texas politician), George Finlay *George Washington Lafayette Fly *Lafayette Lumpkin Foster *Charles Reese Gibson *Andrew Jackson Harris *William Kercheval Homan *Joseph Chappell Hutcheson *Robert A. Kerr *Felix J. McCord *Absolom C. Oliver *Henry Joseph Richarz *Thomas A. Rodríguez *George Robertson Reeves *Benjamin Dudley Tarlton *George T. Todd *Arthur Tompkins (Texas politician), Arthur Tompkins *John Henry Traylor *James W. Truitt *William Wallace Weatherred *Charles Louis Wurzbach

Membership Changes

External links

{{TexasLegislatures Texas legislative sessions, 17th Texas Legislature 1881 in Texas 1882 in Texas 1881 U.S. legislative sessions 1882 U.S. legislative sessions