Fifth Texas Legislature
# Fifth Texas Legislature

The Fifth 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

## 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

### Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature:

| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joseph H. Burks | Democrat | 1851 |
| 2 | Johnson Wren | Democrat | 1853 |
| 3 | Hart Hardin | Democrat | 1853 |
| 4 | Malachi W. Allen | Democrat | 1853 |
| 5 | Jefferson Weatherford | Democrat | 1853 |
| 6 | Simpson C. Newman | Democrat | 1853 |
| 7 | M. D. K. Taylor | Democrat | 1851 |
| 8 | William Thomas Scott | Democrat | 1851 (First time:1846–1847) |
| 9 | David Gage | Democrat | 1853 |
| 10 | Elisha Everett Lott | Democrat | 1853 |
| 11 | Robert Henry Guinn | Democrat | 1853 |
| 12 | William G. W. Jowers | Democrat | 1853 |
| 13 | Madison G. Whitaker | Democrat | 1853 |
| 14 | James K. Holland | Democrat | 1853 |
| 15 | William C. Edwards | Democrat | 1853 |
| 16 | Henry C. Pedigo | Democrat | 1853 |
| 17 | Mark M. Potter | Democrat | 1851 |
| 18 | Cornelius McAnelly | Democrat | 1853 |
| 19 | Charles G. Keenan | Democrat | 1853 |
| 20 | James W. McDade | Democrat | 1853 |
| 21 | Elliot McNeil Millican | Democrat | 1853 |
| 22 | William Harrison "Howdy" Martin | Democrat | 1853 |
| 23 | James H. Armstrong | Democrat | 1851 |
| 24 | Guy Morrison Bryan | Democrat | 1853 |
| 25 | Henry Williams Sublett | Democrat | 1853 |
| 26 | James T. Lytle | Democrat | 1853 |
| 27 | Claiborne Kyle | Democrat | 1853 |
| 28 | Edwin B. Scarborough | Democrat | 1853 |
| 29 | James H. Durst | Democrat | 1853 |
| 30 | Antoine Supervièle | Democrat | 1853 |
| 31 | Isaiah Addison Paschal | Democrat | 1853 |
| 32 | Isaac Lafayette Hill | Democrat | 1853 |
| 33 | Rufus Doane | Democrat | 1851 |

### 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:

* 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

## Membership changes

### Senate

| District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| District 26 | James T. Lytle | Senator Lytle died February 5, 1854 | None | |
