17th Texas Legislature

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 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 William John Caven R. J. Evans George Finlay George Washington Lafayette Fly Lafayette Lumpkin Foster Charles Reese Gibson Andrew Jackson Harris William Kercheval Homan Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Robert A. Kerr Fergus Kyle Felix J. McCord Absolom C. Oliver Henry Joseph Richarz Thomas A. Rodríguez George Robertson Reeves Benjamin Dudley Tarlton George T. Todd Arthur Tompkins John Henry Traylor James W. Truitt William Wallace Weatherred Charles Louis Wurzbach == Membership Changes == == References == == External links == Texas Legislature Online Texas Senate Texas House of Representatives Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State Legislative Reference Library