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
*16th Regular session: January 14–April 24, 1879
*16th First called session: June 10–July 9, 1879
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor
:
Joseph Draper Sayers, Democrat
; President ''pro tempore''
:
Edwin Hobby, Democrat, Regular session, ''ad interim''
:
Leonidas Jefferson Storey
Leonidas Jefferson Storey (October 6, 1834 – March 28, 1909) was an American politician and military officer who served as the 13th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1881 to 1883. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both houses ...
, Democrat, First called session
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House
:
John Hughes Cochran, Democrat
Members
Members of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1879:
Senate
House of Representatives
*
Benjamin M. Baker
*
Thomas Beck
*
William Bell
*
Guy Morrison Bryan
*
William Clemens
*
John Hughes Cochran
*
James N. English
*
R. J. Evans
*
George Finlay
George Finlay (21 December 1799 – 26 January 1875) was a Scottish historian.
Biography
Finlay was born in Faversham, Kent, where his Scottish father, Captain John Finlay FRS, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was inspector of government powd ...
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Jacob E. Freeman
*
Samuel Frost
*
Caleb Jackson Garrison
*
Charles Reese Gibson
*
Bedford G. Guy
*
William Kercheval Homan
*
Elias Mayes
*
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 ...
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Joseph Benjamin Polley
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Alonzo Sledge
*
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 ...
*
Felix Ezell Smith
*
M. D. K. Taylor
*
Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor (died, aged 76, on 5 May 1985) was a bibliophile who was president of the Grolier Club, the Keats-Shelley Association of America and the Bibliographical Society of America. He donated his collection of 7,000 books, manuscripts and d ...
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Benjamin Franklin Williams
*
Charles Louis Wurzbach
Membership Changes
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District 16 16th district may refer to:
France
*16th arrondissement of Marseille
*16th arrondissement of Paris
United States
Congressional districts
* California's 16th congressional district
*Florida's 16th congressional district
* Illinois's 16th c ...
: Buchanan was elected in special election February 17, 1880
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District 20
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: Homan was reelected in special election February 17, 1880
External links
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