Third Texas Legislature
# Third Texas Legislature

The Third Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1849 to December 3, 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849.

## Sessions

* 3rd Regular session: November 5, 1849 – February 11, 1850
* 3rd First called session: August 12, 1850 – September 6, 1850
* 3rd Second called session: November 18, 1850 – December 3, 1850

## Officers

### Senate

**Lieutenant Governor**


    John Alexander Greer, Democrat

**President pro tempore**


    Edward Burleson, Democrat

### House of Representatives

**Speaker of the House**


    Charles G. Keenan, Democrat

## Members

### Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature:

| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matthias Ward | Democrat | 1849 |
| 2 | Albert Hamilton Latimer | Democrat | 1849 |
| 3 | Hart Hardin | Democrat | 1849 |
| 4 | Albert G. Walker | Democrat | 1849 |
| 5 | David Gage | Democrat | 1847 |
| 6 | James F. Taylor | Democrat | 1849 |
| 7 | Alfred M. Truitt | Democrat | 1849 |
| 8 | John H. McRae | Democrat | 1847 |
| 9 | John H. Moffitt | Democrat | 1849 |
| 10 | Isaac Parker | Democrat | 1847 |
| 11 | John B. Jones | Democrat | 1849 |
| 12 | Isaac W. Brashear | Democrat | 1846 |
| 13 | Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 1846 |
| 14 | Jerome Bonaparte "Polly" Robertson | Democrat | 1849 |
| 15 | Wilds K. Cooke | Democrat | 1849 |
| 16 | Edward Burleson | Democrat | 1846 |
| 17 | David Y. Portis | Democrat | 1849 |
| 18 | Alexander H. Phillips | Democrat | 1846 |
| 19 | Henry Lawrence Kinney | Democrat | 1846 |
| 20 | David C. Van Derlip | Democrat | 1849 |
| 21 | H. Clay Davis | Democrat | 1849 |
| 22 | Benjamin Rush Wallace | Democrat | 1846 |

### House of Representatives

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

| District | Representative | Term start | Term end | Counties Represented |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Burrell P. Smith | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Red River |
| 2 | Hardin R. Runnels | November 5, 1849 | November 21, 1850 | Bowie, Red River |
| 3 | James S. Gillet | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Lamar |
| 4 | Alfred E. Pace | November 5, 1849 | September 7, 1850 | Fannin |
| 4 | Vacant | September 7, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Fannin |
| 4 | Harrison G. Hendricks | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Fannin |
| 5 | William M. Williams | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Fannin, Lamar |
| 6 | Samuel Bogart | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Collin, Grayson |
| 7 | William M. Cochran | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Dallas, Denton |
| 8 | Johnson Wren | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Hopkins, Hunt |
| 9 | Joshua F. Johnson | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Titus |
| 10 | Marion D. Taylor | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cass |
| 11 | Jeremiah M. Clough | November 5, 1849 | September 6, 1850 | Harrison |
| 11 | Vacant | September 6, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Harrison |
| 11 | Louis Wigfall | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Harrison |
| 12 | John H. McNairy | November 5, 1849 | July 22, 1850 | Harrison, Upshur |
| 12 | Vacant | July 22, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Harrison, Upshur |
| 12 | Joseph Taylor | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Harrison, Upshur |
| 13 | Emory Lloyd | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Rusk |
| 14 | James K. Holland | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Panola, Rusk |
| 15 | Elisha E. Lott | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Henderson, Smith |
| 16 | Benjamin F. Selman | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cherokee |
| 17 | William N. Hardeman | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Nacogdoches |
| 18 | William G. W. Jowers | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Anderson, Houston |
| 19 | Nicholas A. Sterne | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches |
| 20 | John Polk, Jr. | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | San Augustine |
| 21 | J. M. Smith | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Shelby |
| 22 | Edgar A. Whittlesey | November 5, 1849 | July 14, 1850 | Newton, Sabine |
| 22 | Vacant | July 14, 1850 | August 16, 1850 | Newton, Sabine |
| 22 | Joshua H. Speights | August 16, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Newton, Sabine |
| 23 | Napoleon B. Charlton | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Jasper, Jefferson, Tyler |
| 24 | William Fields | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Liberty, Polk |
| 25 | Benjamin C. Franklin | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Galveston |
| 25 | Thomas F. McKinney | November 21, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Galveston |
| 26 | J. M. Reynolds | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Harris |
| 26 | John Shea | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Harris |
| 26 | James W. Scott | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Harris |
| 27 | Guy M. Bryan | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Brazoria, Fort Bend |
| 28 | David C. Dickson | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Grimes, Montgomery |
| 29 | Charles G. Keenan | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Walker |
| '30 | Elliott M. Millican | November 5, 1849 | July 15, 1850 | Brazos, Leon, Robertson |
| '30 | Vacant | July 15, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Brazos, Leon, Robertson |
| '30 | John Patrick | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Brazos, Leon, Robertson |
| 31 | Edward H. Tarrant | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Limestone, Navarro |
| 32 | James C. Wilson | November 5, 1849 | October 15, 1850 | Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton |
| 32 | Vacant | October 15, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton |
| 32 | Clark L. Owen | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton |
| 33 | William E. Crump | November 5, 1849 | October 13, 1850 | Austin, Colorado |
| 33 | Vacant | October 13, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Austin, Colorado |
| 33 | Zimri Hunt | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Austin, Colorado |
| 34 | William J. Russell | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Fayette |
| 35 | Benjamin E. Tarver | November 5, 1849 | July 21, 1850 | Washington |
| 35 | Vacant | July 21, 1850 | August 12, 1850 | Washington |
| 35 | James E. Shepard | August 12, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Washington |
| 35 | James G. Sheppard | August 12, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Washington |
| 36 | James Shaw | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Bastrop, Burleson |
| 37 | George E. Burney | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Milam, Williamson |
| 38 | Thomas M. Hardeman | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Caldwell, Hays, Travis |
| 39 | Darwin M. Stapp | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria |
| 40 | William H. Stewart | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe |
| 41 | William G. Crump | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Bexar |
| 41 | Henry M. Lewis | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Bexar |
| 42 | R. E. Clements | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Nueces, Starr, Webb |
| 43 | Hamilton P. Bee | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb |
| 44 | Edward H. Winfield | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Starr, Webb |

## Membership Changes

### Senate

| District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| District 4 | Albert G. Walker | Senator Walker resigned March 30, 1850 | Samuel R. Campbell | August 12, 1850 |
| District 6 | James F. Taylor | Senator Taylor resigned October 5, 1850. | James F. Taylor | November 18, 1850 |
| District 11 | John B. Jones | In an election contest, Elisha M. Pease unseated Senator Jones on November 9, 1849. | Elisha M. Pease | November 9, 1849 |

* ^ Campbell was elected in a special election on July 22, 1850.
* ^ After his resignation, Taylor was reelected in a special election.
