1st Texas Legislature

The 1st Texas Legislature convened from February 16 to May 13, 1846, in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on October 13, 1845, that ratified the proposed state constitution.

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: February 16–May 13, 1846

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor

Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat

President pro tempore

Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House

William Crump, Democrat, February 16 – May 1, 1846

William H. Bourland, Democrat, May 1–11, 1846

Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat, May 11–13, 1846

Speaker of the House pro tempore^[1]

John "Red" Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846^[2]

Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker March 9–16, 1846^[3]

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:

^[4]

District	Senator	Party	Took office	Left office
1	William M. "Buckskin" Williams	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
2	Ballard C. Bagby	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
3	Edward Clark	[data missing]	Elected but never sworn
	William Thomas Scott	[data missing]	Elected but never sworn
4	Joseph Lewis Hogg	Whig	February 16, 1846	May 4, 1846
5	Benjamin Rush Wallace	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
6	Jesse J. Robinson	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
7	William C. Abbott	[data missing]	Elected but never sworn
	George Tyler Wood	Democrat	Elected but never sworn
8	Henry James Jewett	Polk man	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
9	Jesse Grimes	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
10	Isaac Wright Brashear	Democrat	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
11	Richard Bache Jr.	[data missing]	Elected but never sworn
	Thomas Freeman McKinney	Tyler man	Elected but never sworn
12	John Greenville McNeill	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
13	Philip Minor Cuney	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
14	John F. Miller	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
15	Edward Murray Burleson	Tyler man	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
16	Robert McAlpin Williamson	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
17	Alexander H. Phillips	Anti-tariff	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
18	José Antonio Navarro	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
19	Henry Lawrence Kinney	[data missing]	Elected but never sworn
F	James G. Bourland[5]	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847

House of Representatives

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

District	Representative	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Austin	William Edmund Crump	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Charles Railey	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Bastrop	Evans Mabry	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Bexar	Volney Erskine Howard	[data missing]	March 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Duncan Campbell Ogden	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Bowie	Berry H. Durham	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Alexander J. Russell	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Brazoria	Elisha Marshall Pease	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Stephen W. Perkins	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Brazos	Elliott McNeil Millican	[data missing]	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
Colorado	William B. Perry	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Samuel Joseph Redgate	Democrat	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
Fannin	Samuel McFarland	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Hiram W. Ryburn	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Fayette	James P. Hudson	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Charles Mullins	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Fort Bend	William S. Rayner	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Galveston	James Cronican	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Israel S. Savage	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Goliad	Charles F. Augustus Williams	Whig	February 16, 1846	August 4, 1846
Gonzales	Benjamin McCulloch	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Arthur Swift	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Harris	Peter W. Gray	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	John N. O. Smith	[data missing]	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Benjamin F. Tankersly	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Harrison	Edward Clark	Democrat	Elected but never sworn
	Spearman Holland	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	James B. McCown	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Houston	Steward Alexander Miller	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	William Turner Sadler	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Jackson	Francis Menefee White	[data missing]	December 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Jasper	Z. Williams Eddy	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Jefferson	George Alexander Pattillo	Republican	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Lamar	William H. Bourland	[data missing]	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
Liberty	Edward Thomas Branch	Tariff man	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Matagorda	Henry Jones	Nullifier	February 24, 1846	December 13, 1847
Milam	George Bernard Erath	Democrat	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
Montgomery	David Catchings Dickson	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Charles Gradison Keenan	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Archibald McNeill	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Nacogdoches	John "Red" Brown	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Haden Harrison Edwards	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Daniel Muckleroy	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Red River	Lewis D. Barry	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	James Shackleford Gillett	[data missing]	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847
	James Gillam	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Benjamin Gooch	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Robertson	George W. Adams	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Wilds K. Cooke	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Rusk	Charles F. McClarty	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	James Smith	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Sabine	James M. Burroughs	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Jamerson Noble	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
San Augustine	William C. Edwards	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Henry Williams Sublett	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
San Patricio	Alexander Stevenson	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Shelby	William Echols	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	James A. Truitt	Democrat	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Travis	William Leslie Cazneau	[data missing]	February 27, 1846	December 13, 1847
Victoria	John Washington Rose	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
Washington	Lewis Dupree	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	Van Rensaeller Irion	[data missing]	February 16, 1846	December 13, 1847
	James Willie	[data missing]	February 17, 1846	December 13, 1847

Membership changes

Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 3	William Thomas Scott	Scott resigned June 5, 1847 due to an eye disease.	Edward Clark[6]	December 13, 1847
District 4	Joseph Lewis Hogg	Hogg was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican–American War, and resigned some time after that.	Isaac Parker	after May 4, 1846
District 7	George Tyler Wood	Wood was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican–American War, and resigned before September 4, 1847.	William C. Abbott[7]	December 13, 1847
District 11	Thomas Freeman McKinney	McKinney resigned after the end of the session (May 13, 1846).	Richard Bache[8]	December 13, 1847