Twentieth Texas Legislature
# Twentieth Texas Legislature

The Twentieth Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887 in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888 in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 General Election.

## Sessions

* 20th Regular session: January 11, 1887 – April 4, 1887
* 20th First called session: April 16, 1888 – May 15, 1888

## Party summary

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Members |
| - | - |
| Democratic Party | 91 |
| Republican Party | 2 |
| People's Party | 1 |
| Total | 94 |

## Officers

### Senate

* Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Benton Wheeler, Democrat
* President pro tempore:
   * William Henry Pope, Democrat, Regular session
   * Caleb J. Garrison, Democrat, Regular session
   * John Woods, Democrat, First called session

### House of Representatives

* Speaker of the House: George C. Pendleton, Democrat

^ Source material was unclear in which order the two Presidents pro tempore served.

## Members

Members of the Twentieth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1887:

### Senate

| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | William L. Douglass | | 1885 |
| 2 | Caleb Jackson Garrison | Democrat | 1885 |
| 3 | William Henry Pope | Democrat | 1883 |
| 4 | William Thomas Armistead | Democrat | 1887 |
| 5 | Samuel D. Stinson | | 1885 |
| 6 | John Lafayette Camp, Jr. | | 1885 |
| 7 | Alexander White Gregg | | 1887 |
| 8 | William W. Davis | | 1887 |
| 9 | Leonard Anderson Abercrombie | Democrat | 1887 |
| 10 | John M. Claiborne | | 1887 |
| 11 | John Woods | Democrat | 1885 |
| 12 | Hermann Knittel | | 1885 |
| 13 | Jonathan Lane | Democrat | 1887 |
| 14 | Scott Field | | 1887 |
| 15 | Eldred James Simkins | | 1887 |
| 16 | J. O. Terrell | Democrat | 1885 |
| 17 | William Allen | | 1887 |
| 18 | Elbridge G. Douglass | | 1887 |
| 19 | Temple Lea Houston | Democrat | 1885 |
| 20 | James Jones Jarvis | Democrat | 1887 |
| 21 | Samuel C. Upshaw | | 1887 |
| 22 | Richard H. Harrison | | 1885 |
| 23 | Charles Keith Bell | | 1885 |
| 24 | George Washington Glasscock, Jr. | Democrat | 1885 |
| 25 | William Henry Burges | Democrat | 1887 (Prior: 1881–1883) |
| 26 | William H. Woodward | | 1887 |
| 27 | Francis E. MacManus | | 1887 |
| 28 | Robert Hance Burney | | 1887 |
| 29 | James Henry Calhoun | | 1885 |
| 30 | Louis N. Frank | | 1887 |
| 31 | Henry D. McDonald | | 1887 |

### House of Representatives

| District | Representative | City | County | Party | Took Office |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hugh Jackson | Wallisville | Jefferson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 2 | Talvus Wilson | Dodge | San Jacinto | Democrat | 1887 |
| 3 | Delana Tompkins | Emilee | Tyler | Democrat | 1887 |
| 4 | J. Gilleland | Mott | Nacogdoches | Democrat | 1887 |
| 5 | John H. Truit | Timpson | Shelby | Democrat | 1887 |
| 6 | Robert Teague Milner | Henderson | Rusk | Democrat | 1887 |
| 7 | J. Ras Jones | Pinehill | Panola | Democrat | 1885 |
| 8 | George A. Newton | Mount Selman | Cherokee | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1883–1885) |
| 9 | Bedford Parks | Kickapoo | Anderson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 10 | William Larkin | Athens | Henderson | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1879-1881) |
| 11 | N. M. Harrison | Gilmer | Upshur | Democrat | 1887 |
| 12 | Horatio L. Tate | Lindale | Smith | Democrat | 1885 |
| 13 | William Page | Crockett | Houston | Democrat | 1885 |
| 14 | Alexander Pope | Marshall | Harrison | Democrat | 1887 |
| 15 | Tom Davis | Center | Shelby | Democrat | 1887 |
| 16 | Lucius Whatley | Atlanta | Cass | Democrat | 1887 |
| 17 | William Hudgins | Texarkana | Bowie | Democrat | 1887 |
| 17 | William Skinner | Daingerfield | Morris | Democrat | 1887 |
| 18 | James Clark | Walnut Grove | Red River | Democrat | 1887 |
| 19 | John Stringer | Mount Vernon | Franklin | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1883–1885) |
| 20 | James M. Biard | Biardstown | Lamar | Democrat | 1887 |
| 21 | Andrew Nicholson | Honey Grove | Fannin | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1874-1876) |
| 22 | James Sadler | Dodd City | Lamar | Democrat | 1887 |
| 23 | George Patterson | Ben Franklin | Lamar | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1874-1876) |
| 24 | John Melson | Sulphur Springs | Hopkins | Democrat | 1887 |
| 25 | Frank P. Alexander | Greenville | Hunt | Democrat | 1885 |
| 26 | John Currey | Canton | Van Zandt | Democrat | 1887 |
| 27 | John Tolbert | Howe | Grayson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 27 | Free Utiger | Denison | Grayson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 28 | James B. Wright | McKinney | Collin | Democrat | 1887 |
| 29 | George Huling | Lebanon | Collin | Democrat | 1887 |
| 30 | Samuel H. Hargis | Gainesville | Cooke | Democrat | 1887 |
| 31 | Robert V. Bell | Gainesville | Grayson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 32 | Charles C. Bell | Denton | Denton | Democrat | 1885 |
| 33 | Joseph C. Rugel | Mesquite | Dallas | Democrat | 1887 |
| 33 | Jesse Strong | Dallas | Dallas | Democrat | 1887 |
| 34 | Elihu Newton | Bransford | Tarrant | Democrat | 1887 |
| 35 | Ephraim Heath | Rockwall | Rockwall | Democrat | 1887 |
| 36 | Samuel Chapman | Stubblefield | Johnson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 37 | William Wood | Bristol | Ellis | Democrat | 1887 |
| 38 | Charles Christenberry | Hubbard City | Hill | Democrat | 1887 |
| 39 | George Groce | Waxahachie | Ellis | Democrat | 1887 |
| 40 | William McGaughey | Granbury | Hood | Democrat | 1885 |
| 40 | W. Smith | Cranfills Gap | Bosque | Democrat | 1887 |
| 41 | Tully Fuller | Decatur | Wise | Democrat | 1887 |
| 42 | Alexander Latimer | Mineral Wells | Palo Pinto | Democrat | 1887 |
| 43 | James Browning | Mobeetie | Wheeler | Democrat | 1883 |
| 44 | Felix G. Bransford | Newport | Montague | Democrat | 1887 |
| 45 | John Humphreys | Aurora | Wise | Democrat | 1887 |
| 46 | James Jarrott | Millsap | Parker | Democrat | 1887 |
| 47 | Sanctus Waskom | Terrell | Kaufman | Democrat | 1887 |
| 48 | Marlin Garner | Bremond | Robertson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 49 | Clement M. Richardson | Leona | Leon | Democrat | 1887 |
| 50 | Amos Buchanan | Bryan | Brazos | Democrat | 1887 |
| 51 | William F. Sharp | Davilla | Milam | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1883–1885) |
| 52 | Houston A.P. Bassett | Anderson | Grimes | Republican | 1887 |
| 53 | J. Wesson Parker | Richmond | Fort Bend | Democrat | 1887 |
| 54 | Gilford Clegg | Trinity | Trinity | Democrat | 1887 |
| 54 | John Kirlicks | Houston | Harris | Democrat | 1887 |
| 54 | Jesse McCaleb | Willis | Montgomery | Democrat | 1887 |
| 55 | Jonathan Davis | Kosse | Falls | Democrat | 1887 |
| 56 | George Cassety Pendleton | Belton | Bell | Democrat | 1883 |
| 57 | James McKinney | Jones Prairie | Milam | Democrat | 1885 |
| 58 | A. G. Camp, Jr. | Groesbeck | Limestone | Democrat | 1883 |
| 59 | Robert Steele | Cotton Gin | Freestone | Democrat | 1883 |
| 60 | Abel Gill | Purdon | Navarro | Democrat | 1887 |
| 61 | Seth Mills | Waco | McLennan | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1879-1881) |
| 62 | Albert Prendergast | Waco | McLennan | Democrat | 1887 |
| 63 | Andrew Graves | Gatesville | Coryell | Democrat | 1887 |
| 64 | Benjamin Rush Plumley | Galveston | Galveston | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1871-1873, 1881–1883) |
| 65 | Walter Gresham | Galveston | Galveston | Democrat | 1887 |
| 66 | Charles I. Battle | Spanish Camp | Wharton | Democrat | 1887 |
| 67 | John Woolsey | Oakland | Colorado | Democrat | 1887 |
| 68 | James Shelburne | Bellville | Austin | Democrat | 1887 |
| 69 | George Humphreys | Bovine | Lavaca | Democrat | 1887 |
| 70 | Wenzel Matejowsky | Nechanitz | Fayette | Republican | 1887 |
| 70 | James McGuire | Ledbetter | Fayette | Democrat | 1887 |
| 71 | Robert J. Moore | Washington | Washington | People's Party | 1883 |
| 72 | Thomas Hunt | Caldwell | Burleson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 73 | John McClanahan | Lexington | Burleson | Democrat | 1885 |
| 74 | Hiram Garwood | Bastrop | Bastrop | Democrat | 1887 |
| 75 | E. Taylor Moore | Austin | Travis | Democrat | 1885 |
| 75 | Emory W. Smith | Merrilltown | Travis | Democrat | 1887 |
| 76 | Alexander Northington | Lampasas | Lampasas | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1876-1879) |
| 77 | John C.S. Baird | Thrifty | Brown | Democrat | 1887 |
| 78 | James H. Faubion | Leander | Williamson | Democrat | 1885 |
| 79 | Leonidas L. Shield | Trickham | Coleman | Democrat | 1887 |
| 80 | George Wythe Baylor | Ysleta | El Paso | Democrat | 1887 |
| 81 | John H. Clark | Uvalde | Uvalde | Democrat | 1887 |
| 82 | James Cone | Union | Wilson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 83 | Thomas W. Kennedy | Rio Grande City | Starr | Democrat | 1885 |
| 83 | Watterson Showalter | Laredo | Webb | Democrat | 1887 |
| 84 | J. Haines | Junction City | Kimble | Democrat | 1887 |
| 85 | Thomas A. Blair | Oakville | Live Oak | Democrat | 1887 |
| 86 | John Light | Sayers | Bexar | Democrat | 1887 |
| 86 | David Robinson | San Antonio | Bexar | Democrat | 1887 |
| 87 | Jonathan Payne | Goliad | Goliad | Democrat | 1887 (prior: 1873-1874) |
| 87 | George Staples | Edna | Jackson | Democrat | 1887 |
| 88 | Francis Latham | Brownsville | Cameron | Democrat | 1883 (prior: 1855-1859) |
| 89 | Carl Goeth | Cypress Mill | Blanco | Democrat | 1887 |
| 90 | Joseph Boothe | Gonzales | Gonzales | Democrat | 1887 |
| 91 | Jacob Ellison | Martindale | Caldwell | Democrat | 1887 |
| 91 | George McGehee | San Marcos | Hays | Democrat | 1887 |
| 92 | Nelson Dolen | Houston | Harris | Democrat | 1887 |
| 93 | William C. "Cone" Johnson | Tyler | Smith | Democrat | 1887 |
| 94 | John Voorhees | Andrews | Wood | Democrat | 1887 |

^ Source material was unclear in which order the representatives served or if they served concurrently.

## Membership changes

### Senate

| District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| District 22 | Richard H. Harrison | Harrison resigned April 20, 1887. | Waller Saunders Baker | April 16, 1888 |

* ^ District 22: Baker elected in special election June 4, 1887.

### House of Representatives

| District | Outgoing Representative | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| District 45 | John Humphreys | Representative Humphreys resigned after end of regular session (April 4, 1887). | Joel W. Booth | April 16, 1888 |
| District 46 | James Jarrott | Representative Jarrott resigned between sessions. | None | |
| District 64 | Benjamin Rush Plumley | Representative Plumley died on December 9, 1887. | Guy Morrison Bryan | May 2, 1888 |
| District 81 | John H. Clark | Representative Clark resigned on June 4, 1888. | None | |
| District 86 | David Robinson | Representative Robinson resigned after end of First called session (May 15, 1888). | None | |

* ^ District 45: Special election held June 4, 1887, Joel W. Booth declared winner and sworn in at beginning of First called session.
