The Thirteenth Texas Legislature met from January 14 to June 4, 1873 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1872.
Sessions
*13th Regular session: January 14–June 4, 1873
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor: ''Vacant''
; President ''pro tempore'' (Lieutenant Governor ''ex officio'')
:
Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House
:
M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat
Members
Members of the Thirteenth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1873:
Senate
House of Representatives
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C. L. Abbott
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John Adriance
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Richard Allen, Republican
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Thomas G. Allison
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Em Anderson
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James Monroe Anderson
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James Armstrong
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Julius Berends
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Samuel Bewley
Samuel Bewley (21 April 1764 – 8 November 1837) was an Irish businessman, silk merchant and philanthropist. Along with his son Charles, he founded the company Bewley's.
Life
Samuel Bewley was born in Mountmellick, County Laois on 21 April 1764 ...
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W.S. Bledsoe
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Augustus J. Booty
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Richard Bordeaux
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A. S. Broaddus
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Bluford Brown
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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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Edward Chambers
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John Carroll John Carroll may refer to:
People Academia and science
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Gustave Cook
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John Cunningham
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Overton Fletcher Davenport
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Samuel Day
*Ashley Denton
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Peter Diller
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John N. Doyle
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James Eastland
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W. A. Ellett
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...
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Louis Frankee
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C.C. Galloway
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Robert Gaston
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Henry Clay Ghent, M.D. (Seventeenth District, including Bell and Milam Counties)]
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Levi Gillette
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Henry Addington Gilpin
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William Greene
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James Marshall Harrison
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Thomas Hester
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Gustav V. Hoffmann
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Orlando Newton Hollingsworth
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John Ireland
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Thomas M. Joseph
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Josiah Kemble
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Ira Killough
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Marcellus E. Kleberg
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William Lane
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Lane was born in Bristol, England into an impoverished family. After showin ...
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Johann Frederic Leyendecker
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Abner S. Lipscomb
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William Mabry
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Hilary Manning
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John M. McDonald
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F.A. Michael
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J.S. Mills
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Henry Moore
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William Morris
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...
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Hudson Nelson
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Julius Noeggerath
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Jonathan Payne
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Henry Phelps
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Stephen Powers
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Davis M. Prendergast
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Frank Rainey
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Burlington Wesley Rimes
*Sam Robb
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Meshack Roberts
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David Decatur Rosborough
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Alexander Rossey
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Jonathan Russell
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Chauncey B. Sabin
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Charles Partin Salter
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William Sayers
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Erich F. Schmidt
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Preston Scott
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Edward Sharp
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W.A. Shaw
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Eli Shelton
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Daniel Short
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George Washington Smith
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John T. Smith
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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 ...
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Charles Stockbridge
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Marion DeKalb Taylor
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Alfred Sturgis Thurmond
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William Tilson
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Joseph Albert Tivy
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John Files Tom
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William H. Trolinger
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt
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William Veale
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Stephen Venters
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U.G. Mitchell Walker
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James H. Washington
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Arthur Thomas Watts
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William Westfall
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Allen W. Wilder
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Richard Williams
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Clinton McKamy Winkler
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William Daniel Wood
Representative Allen was apparently re-elected, but House Democrats alleged voting fraud and seated his Democratic opponent instead.
Membership Changes
References
External links
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1873 U.S. legislative sessions