Second Texas Legislature

The Second Texas Legislature met from December 13, 1847 to March 20, 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847.

Sessions

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
John Alexander Greer, Democrat
President pro tempore
Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House 
James Wilson Henderson, Democrat

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature:

District Senator Party Took office
1 William M. “Buckskin” Williams 1846
2 James B. Wootten 1847
3 Edward Clark Democrat 1847
4 Isaac Parker 1847
5 Benjamin Rush Wallace 1846
6 John H. McRae 1847
7 William C. Abbott 1847
8 Henry J. Jewett 1846
9 Jesse Grimes 1846
10 Isaac W. Brashear 1846
11 Richard Bache, Jr. 1847
12 Stephen W. Perkins 1847
13 Philip Minor Cuney 1847
14 John Winfield Scott Dancy 1847
15 Edward Burleson 1846
16 Robert McAlpin Williamson 1846
17 Alexander H. Phillips 1846
18 José Antonio Navarro 1846
19 Henry Lawrence Kinney 1846
F James G. Bourland 1846

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Texas Legislature:

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Membership Changes

Senate

District Outgoing
Senator		 Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation
District 11 Richard Bache Senator Bache died March 17, 1848 None
District 17 Alexander H. Phillips Senator Phillips resigned March 1, 1848. None
District 19 Henry Lawrence Kinney Senator Kinney resigned before December 18, 1847. Edward Fitzgerald February 5, 1848
District 19 Edward Fitzgerald Senator Fitzgerald resigned March 20, 1848. None

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