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16th Texas Legislature
The 16th Texas Legislature met from January 14 to July 9, 1879 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1878 General Election.
Sessions
- 16th Regular session: January 14–April 24, 1879
- 16th First called session: June 10–July 9, 1879
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor : Joseph Draper Sayers, Democrat ; President pro tempore : Edwin Hobby, Democrat, Regular session, ad interim : Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Democrat, First called session
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House : John Hughes Cochran, Democrat
Members
Members of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1879:
Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Took office | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Hobby | Democrat | 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peyton Forbes Edwards | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John W. Motley | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Riptoe | Republican | 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William H. Tilson | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Jesse Swain | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Martin Duncan | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Young Gooch | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles D. Grace | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John C. Buchanan | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Blassingame | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William D. Lair | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1861–1863) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert S. Guy | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Francis Marion Martin | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1859–1861) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas J. McCulloch | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James R. Burnett | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Moses Burton | Republican | 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Stewart | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Phelps McCormick | Republican | 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Kercheval Homan | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William M. Brown | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John W. Moore | Democrat | 1876 (Prior: 1861–1865) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William R. Shannon | Democrat | 1879 (Prior: 1865–1867) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewett H. Davenport | 1879 (Prior: 1874–1876) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alexander Watkins Terrell | Democrat | 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Hamilton Ledbetter | 1874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel C. Patton | 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ellsberry R. Lane | 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Salmon "Rip" Ford | Democrat | 1876 (Prior: 1851–1853) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustus W. Houston | Democrat | 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonidas Jefferson Storey | Democrat | 1876 |
House of Representatives
- Benjamin M. Baker
- Thomas Beck
- William Bell
- Guy Morrison Bryan
- William Clemens
- John Hughes Cochran
- James N. English
- R. J. Evans
- George Finlay
- Jacob E. Freeman
- Samuel Frost
- Caleb Jackson Garrison
- Charles Reese Gibson
- Bedford G. Guy
- William Kercheval Homan
- Elias Mayes
- George Pickett
- Joseph Benjamin Polley
- Alonzo Sledge
- Ashbel Smith
- Felix Ezell Smith
- M. D. K. Taylor
- Robert H. Taylor
- Benjamin Franklin Williams
- Charles Louis Wurzbach
Membership Changes
| District | Outgoing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation | District 1 | District 2 | District 15 | District 16 | District 19 | District 20 | District 29 | |
| Edwin Hobby | Hobby resigned July 10, 1879. | *Vacant* | |||||||||
| Peyton Forbes Edwards | resigned December 4, 1871. | *Vacant* | |||||||||
| Thomas J. McCulloch | McCulloch resigned September 3, 1879. | *Vacant* | |||||||||
| James R. Burnett | Burnett resigned October 9, 1879. | John T. Buchanan | after February 17, 1880 | ||||||||
| Andrew Phelps McCormick | McCormick resigned April 12, 1879. | Robert Gould Street | June 10, 1879 | ||||||||
| William Kercheval Homan | Homan resigned July 9, 1879. | William Kercheval Homan | after February 17, 1880 | ||||||||
| John Salmon "Rip" Ford | Ford resigned August 30, 1879. | *Vacant* |
- District 16: Buchanan was elected in special election February 17, 1880
- District 20: Homan was reelected in special election February 17, 1880
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