15th Texas Legislature

none February 2025 April 2016 The 15th Texas Legislature met from April 18 to August 21, 1876, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in February 1876 in accordance with the newly adopted Constitution of 1876. Sessions 15th Regular session: April 18 – August 21, 1876 Officers Senate Lieutenant Governor Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr., Democrat President pro tempore Wells Thompson, Democrat House of Representatives Speaker of the House Thomas Reuben Bonner, Democrat Members Members of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, April 18, 1876: Senate District Senator Party Took office 1 Edwin Hobby Democrat 1874 2 Peyton Forbes Edwards Democrat 1876 3 James W. Motley Democrat 1876 4 Walter Riptoe Republican 1876 5 Francis M. Henry Democrat 1876 6 William Amos Wortham Democrat 1876 7 James Postell Douglas Democrat 1876 (Prior: 1870–1872) 8 Christopher C. Francis Democrat 1876 9 Charles D. Grace Democrat 1876 10 B. D. Martin Democrat 1876 11 William Blassingame Democrat 1876 12 Finis E. Piner Democrat 1876 13 Robert S. Guy Democrat 1876 14 John R. Henry Democrat 1876 15 Thomas J. McCulloch Democrat 1876 16 Tillman Smith Democrat 1876 17 Walter Moses Burton Republican 1874 18 John Thomas Brady 1876 19 Andrew Phelps McCormick Republican 1876 20 John W. Carroll Democrat 1876 21 William M. Brown Democrat 1876 22 John W. Moore Democrat 1876 (Prior: 1861–1865) 23 Thomas Ball Democrat 1876 24 John D. Stephens Democrat 1876 25 Alexander Watkins Terrell Democrat 1876 26 William Hamilton Ledbetter Democrat 1874 27 Wells Thompson Democrat 1876 28 William Henry Crain Democrat 1876 29 John Salmon "Rip" Ford Democrat 1876 (Prior: 1851–1853) 30 James Harvey McLeary Democrat 1876 31 Leonidas Jefferson Storey Democrat 1876 House of Representatives August 2008 Robert D. Allison Benjamin M. Baker Decimus et Ultimus Barziza Thomas Reuben Bonner John Hughes Cochran Nicholas Henry Darnell Thomas Mason Dennis Caleb Jackson Garrison John Summerfield Griffith William H. Holland Alexander Horton William W. Lang Norton Moses George Pickett Meshack Roberts William Long Rogers Henry Sneed Elias Charles Stuart Thomas Towles John Quitman Wall Allen W. Wilderwilder Charles Louis Wurzbach William Hubbel Price Logan Henderson McCorkle, Sulphur Springs wilder Representative Wilder won a closely contested election, but House Democrats contended that some votes were illegal and seated his Democratic opponent instead. Membership changes District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 16 Tillman Smith Smith resigned November 19, 1876. James R. Burnett January 14, 1879tl16 District 28 William Henry Crain Crain resigned August 20, 1877. Ellsberry R. Lane January 14, 1879tl16 tl16 Sworn in at the beginning of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature. External links 15 Texas Legislature Category:1876 in Texas Category:1876 U.S. legislative sessions