11th Texas Legislature

none February 2025 April 2016 The 11th Texas Legislature met from August 6, 1866, to November 13, 1866, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1865. Sessions 11th Regular session: August 6–November 13, 1866 Officers Senate Lieutenant Governor George Washington Jonesjones President pro tempore Robert Henry Guinn, Democrat jones Jones was removed from office in July 1867 by General Phillip H. Sheridan. The office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant until 1870. Robert Henry Guinn served as acting Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of the term. House of Representatives Speaker of the House Nathaniel Macon Burford, Unionist Members Members of the Eleventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, August 6, 1866: Senate District Senator Party Took office 1 Frederick F. Foscue 1865 2 William M. Neyland 1865 3 James W. Guinn 1865 4 James A. Truitt Democrat 1865 (Previous: 1851–1853, 1855–1859) 5 John G. Brown 1865 6 C. C. Coppedge 1865 7 William P. Saufley 1865 8 Samuel N. Braswell 1865 9 Hudson W. Nelson 1865 10 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat 1853 11 William G. W. Jowers Democrat 1863 (Previous: 1853–1855) 12 Benjamin T. Selman Democrat 1861 13 J. K. P. Record 1865 14 Robert H. Lane 1865 15 John K. Bumpass 1865 16 Abram Morris Gentry Democrat 1865 (Previous: 1859–1861) 17 Benton Randolph 1865 18 James B. Boyd 1865 19 John C. Yarbro 1865 20 William R. Shannon Democrat 1865 21 J. M. Blount 1865 22 Richard V. Cook 1865 23 James W. McDade 1865 24 Jacob B. Reid 1865 25 James W. Stell 1865 26 Nathan George Shelley Democrat 1865 (Previous: 1861–1863) 27 William Cornelius Dalrymple Democrat 1865 28 George E. Burney Democrat 1863 29 John T. Littleton 1865 30 William B. Knox Democrat 1864 31 A. O. Cooley RepublicanThe Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 February 1, 1999 Texas A&M University Press 978-0-89096-857-4 Spaw Patsy McDonald 38 en 1863 32 Francis J. Parker 1865 33 Henry Warren 1865 House of Representatives Representatives of the Eleventh Texas Legislature serving from 1866 to 1870: Representative District CountyGeorge F. Alford 11 TrinityWilliam R. Anderson 8 AngelinaJohn Franklin Armstrong 61 CoryellRobert A. Atkinson 64 GonzalesJames M. Baker 62 DeWittD.C. Barmore 68 BurnetFlavius Josepheus Barrett 46 WiseJoshua Runey Beauchamp 57 MilamR.H. Bellamy 14 PanolaReading Wood Black 72 UvaldeThomas William Blount 5 San AugustineThomas Reuben Bonner 12 CherokeeL.D. Bradley 40 FreestoneJohn Thomas Brady 36 HarrisNathaniel Macon Burford 44 DallasEdward Chambers 32 CollinJuan Chaves 71 BexarArchelaus Cochran 44 DallasNehemiah Cochran 48 AustinM.W. Damron 59 BellWilliam C. Daniel 12 CherokeeWickliffe Dashiell 27 KaufmanD.H. Davis 23 LamarAlonzo Alphmer DeAvelon 76 NuecesGeorge Washington Diamond 13 RuskRandolph Doom 4 JasperMiddleton Dunn 65 GuadalupeJ.A. Durand 71 BexarBruno Durst 39 LeonW.E. Estes 20 BowieSamuel Evans 43 TarrantSamuel Thompson Foster 70 Live OakGregorio N. García 77 El PasoRobert Garrett 15 HarrisonRobert Gaston 17 SmithJabez Giddings 51 WashingtonJesse Martin Glasco 21 UpshurGeorge Washington Glasscock 56 TravisCharles Grayson 7 NacogdochesEdward Jeremiah Gurley 60 McLennanFrancis DeLaVaux Hallonquist 21 UpshurGeorge Duncan Hancock 55 TravisJames Hanks 10 AndersonLewis Harman 25 LamarWilliam E. Hart 19 TitusBenjamin Hendley 42 EllisWillis Holford 31 GraysonWarren H. Hooks 22 Red RiverFrancis Charles Hume 38 WalkerH.R. Jackson 18 Davis (Cass)Charles Hill Jones 3 TylerDudley William Jones 20 TitusC.L. Jordan 42 ParkerWilliam Kendall 45 DentonAmbrose Dudley Kent 1 JeffersonLorenzo King 24 HopkinsClaiborne Kyle 58 HaysJonathan Lewter 17 SmithJohn Lund 75 StarrJames R. McKee 29 FanninFranklin Merriman 34 GalvestonJohn Moncure 54 BastropMordello Stephen Munson 35 BrazoriaDaniel Murchison 66 ComalTruman Phelps 62 VictoriaJ.T. Ratliff 41 HillGeorge Robertson Reeves 33 GraysonSamuel J. Richardson 16 HarrisonJosiah Shaw 49 ColoradoDaniel McDowell Short 6 ShelbyHorace Simonds 28 HuntAshbel Smith 36 HarrisMark Stroud 13 RuskWilliam Tate 63 LavacaFrederick Tegener 67 KerrJames Thomas 73 CameronNathan Thomas 52 FayetteThomas Thompson 74 HidalgoAlfred Sturgis Thurmond 69 RefugioA.B. Trowell 2 LibertyBenjamin Tyus 40 LimestoneWilliam Upton 50 FayetteJ.W. Weaver 37 BrazosWilliam Hillman Wheelock 53 RobertsonDave White 26 WoodWilliam Whitsett 30 FanninJames Whitten 47 WhartonR.W. Wiley 27 HendersonIsrael Worsham 37 Montgomery Membership changes Senate District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 3 James Washington Guinn Guinn died August 18, 1866 Frederick Voight October 8, 1866 District 14 Robert H. Lane Lane resigned October 31, 1866 None References External links 11 Texas Legislature Category:1866 in Texas Category:1866 U.S. legislative sessions