1st Congress of the Republic of Texas

First Congress, Republic of Texas 1st Congress of the Republic of Texas File:Republic of Texas, Kelsey Capitol Building.png The building that housed the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Columbia (shown c. 1897) Congress of the Republic of Texas Republic of Texas Columbia and Houston 1836 10 3 1837 06 13 2nd Congress of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives 31 Representatives House Speaker Ira Ingram (1st session)https://archive.org/stream/yearbookfortexa00raingoog#page/n71/mode/1up Year Book for Texas 1901 Raines C. W. Gammel Book Company Austin, Texas 59–60 March 21, 2015Branch T. Archer (2nd session) Senate 14 Senators Senate President Mirabeau Lamar Senate President pro tem. Richard Ellis (1st session)Officers of the Senate http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47910/m1/2/zoom/?zoom=4&lat=512&lon=4176&layers=BT Telegraph and Texas Register December 9, 1836 1 1 45 2 March 21, 2015Jesse Grimes (2nd session)McDonald Spaw Patsy The Texas Senate: Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, Volume 1 Texas A&M University Press College Station, Texas 1990 24 0890964424 1836 10 3 1836 12 22 1837 5 1 1837 6 13 The First Congress of the Republic of Texas, consisting of the Senate of the Republic of Texas and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, met in Columbia at two separate buildings (one for each chamber) and then in Houston at the present-day site of The Rice from October 3, 1836, to June 13, 1837, during the first year of Sam Houston's presidency. All members of Congress were officially non-partisan.Barker Eugene C. Bolton Herbert E. Erath Lucy A. October 1923 http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101086/m1/146 Memoirs of George Bernard Erath IV The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 27 2 140 Texas State Historical Association March 21, 2015 According to the Constitution of the Republic of Texas of 1836, each member of the House of Representatives was elected for a term of one year.May Janice C. The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide 1996 Greenwood Publishing Group https://books.google.com/books?id=xT2t2_BFpJkC&pg=PA4 Westport, Connecticut 0313266379 4 Each county was guaranteed at least one representative.https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mkc01 Congress of the Republic of Texas Steen Ralph W. Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas Online June 12, 2010 March 21, 2015 Each Senator was elected for a three-year term to represent a district that each had a nearly equal portion of the nation's population. Each district could have no more than one Senator. 3 Members Senate José Francisco Ruiz – District of Bexar James Collinsworth – District of Brazoria (1st session) William Green Hill – District of Brazoria (2nd session) Alexander Somervell – District of Colorado and Austin counties Edwin Morehouse – District of Goliad, Refugio, and San Patricio Robert Wilson –District of Harrisburg and Liberty Stephen H. Everitt – District of Jasper and Jefferson Albert Clinton Horton – District of Matagorda, Victoria, and Jackson Sterling C. Robertson – District of Milam James S. Lester – District of Mina and Gonzales Robert Anderson Irion – District of Nacogdoches Richard Ellis – District of Red River Shelby Corzine – District of San Augustine (1st session) Henry William Augustine – District of San Augustine (2nd session) Willis H. Landrum – District of Shelby and Sabine Jesse Grimes – District of Washington House of Representatives Austin County Moseley Baker Bexar County Thomas Green Brazoria County Branch T. Archer, from October 4, 1836 John A. Wharton, from October 4, 1836 Colorado County John Gallimore Robison Goliad County John M. Chenoweth Gonzales County William S. Fisher Harrisburg County John W. Moore, until October 11, 1836fn1 Resigned upon evidence presented that he was not duly elected Jesse H. Cartwright, from October 11, 1836 Jackson County Samuel A. White Jasper County Col. Samuel S. Lewis Jefferson County Claiborne West Liberty County Edward Thomas Branch Mina County John Wheeler Bunton Jesse Billingsley Matagorda County Ira Ingram, 1st session* Daniel Davis D. Baker, 2nd session Milam County Francis Marcus Weatherred, Jr., until October 31, 1836fn1 Samuel Tabor Allen, from October 31, 1836 Nacogdoches County John Kirby Allen Haden Edwards, 1st sessionfn1 Hayden S. Arnold, 2nd session Refugio County Elkanah Brush Red River County Mansell Walter Matthews George Washington Wright William Becknell, until October 13, 1836fn1 Collin McKinney, from October 13, 1836 Sabine County John Boyd San Augustine County William W. Holman Joseph Rowe San Patricio County John Turner, until October 20, 1836fn1 John Geraghty, from October 20, 1836 Shelby County Richard Hooper Sydney Oswald Penington Victoria County Richard Roman Washington County William Warner Hill W. W. Gant, from October 21, 1836 Standing committees Senate Ways and Means Judiciary Post Office and Post Roads State of the Republic Military Affairs Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Claims and Accounts Public Lands Indian Affairs County Boundaries Naval Affairs House of Representatives Ways and Means Judiciary Post Office State of the Republic Military Affairs Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Claims and Accounts Public Lands Indian and Indian Affairs County Boundaries Naval Affairs Foreign Relations Employees thumb|Texas Capitol at Houston Senate Sergeant at Arms – William King (1st session),http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47910/m1/3/zoom/?zoom=4&lat=6958&lon=1105&layers=BT Officers of the Senate Telegraph and Texas Register December 9, 1836 1 1 45 3 March 21, 2015 Noah T. Byars (2nd session)Byars, Noah Turner https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fby01 Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas Online June 12, 2010 Laughlin Charlotte March 21, 2015 Clerk – Richardson A. Scurry (1st session), Arthur Robertson (2nd session) Doorkeeper – Joshua Canter (1st session), Marshall Mann (2nd session) House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms – A. L. Harrison (1st session), George S. Stratton (2nd session) Clerk – Willis A. Farris (1st session), William Fairfax Gray (2nd session) Doorkeeper – W. T. Hendricks (1st session), Abner S. McDonald (2nd session), S. L. Johnson (2nd session) References 30em Senate Journal: 1st Congress Regular Session. G. & T. H. Borden, Public Printers. 1836. Senate Journal: 1st Congress Second Session. Telegraph Power Press. 1838. House Journal: 1st Congress Regular Session. Telegraph Power Press. 1838. House Journal:1st Congress Second Session. Telegraph Power Press. 1838. 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