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5th Texas Legislature
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The 5th Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853, to February 13, 1854, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853.
Sessions
- 5th Regular session: November 7, 1853 – February 13, 1854
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Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
- Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat, Regular session
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
Members
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Senate
Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature:
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature. There are 73 districts at this time, 16 of them just created this session:
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- John David German Adrian
- Hamilton P. Bee
- William H. Bourland, Democrat
- George E. Burney
- Horace Cone
- David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
- Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
- Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County
- Bird Holland
- John Byler Mallard
- Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat,
- William Menefee
- Emory Rains
- James Reily
- Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
- Moses Fisk Roberts
- Gustav Schleicher
- Charles William Tait
- Robert H. Taylor
- Amasa Turner
- George Washington Whitmore
- Wesley Clark Walker, Democrat
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Membership changes
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