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20th Texas Legislature


The 20th 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

AffiliationMembersNote**Total****94**
Democratic Party91
Republican Party2
People's Party1

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

DistrictSenatorPartyTook office12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
William L. Douglass1885
Caleb Jackson GarrisonDemocrat1885
William Henry PopeDemocrat1883
William Thomas ArmisteadDemocrat1887
Samuel D. Stinson1885
John Lafayette Camp, Jr.1885
Alexander White Gregg1887
William W. Davis1887
Leonard Anderson AbercrombieDemocrat1887
John M. Claiborne1887
John WoodsDemocrat1885
Hermann Knittel1885
Jonathan LaneDemocrat1887
Scott Field1887
Eldred James Simkins1887
J. O. TerrellDemocrat1885
William Allen1887
Elbridge G. Douglass1887
Temple Lea HoustonDemocrat1885
James Jones JarvisDemocrat1887
Samuel C. Upshaw1887
Richard H. Harrison1885
Charles Keith Bell1885
George Washington Glasscock, Jr.Democrat1885
William Henry BurgesDemocrat1887 (Prior: 1881–1883)
William H. Woodward1887
Francis E. MacManus1887
Robert Hance Burney1887
James Henry Calhoun1885
Louis N. Frank1887
Henry D. McDonald1887

House of Representatives

DistrictRepresentativeCityCountyPartyTook office12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868788899091929394
Hugh JacksonWallisvilleJeffersonDemocrat1887
Talvus WilsonDodgeSan JacintoDemocrat1887
Delana TompkinsEmileeTylerDemocrat1887
J. GillelandMottNacogdochesDemocrat1887
John H. TruitTimpsonShelbyDemocrat1887
Robert Teague MilnerHendersonRuskDemocrat1887
J. Ras JonesPinehillPanolaDemocrat1885
George A. NewtonMount SelmanCherokeeDemocrat1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
Bedford ParksKickapooAndersonDemocrat1887
William LarkinAthensHendersonDemocrat1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
N. M. HarrisonGilmerUpshurDemocrat1887
Horatio L. TateLindaleSmithDemocrat1885
William PageCrockettHoustonDemocrat1885
Alexander PopeMarshallHarrisonDemocrat1887
Tom DavisCenterShelbyDemocrat1887
Lucius WhatleyAtlantaCassDemocrat1887
William HudginsTexarkanaBowieDemocrat1887
William SkinnerDaingerfieldMorrisDemocrat1887
James ClarkWalnut GroveRed RiverDemocrat1887
John StringerMount VernonFranklinDemocrat1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
James M. BiardBiardstownLamarDemocrat1887
Andrew NicholsonHoney GroveFanninDemocrat1887 (prior: 1874–1876)
James SadlerDodd CityLamarDemocrat1887
George PattersonBen FranklinLamarDemocrat1887 (prior: 1874–1876)
John MelsonSulphur SpringsHopkinsDemocrat1887
Frank P. AlexanderGreenvilleHuntDemocrat1885
John CurreyCantonVan ZandtDemocrat1887
John TolbertHoweGraysonDemocrat1887
Free UtigerDenisonGraysonDemocrat1887
James B. WrightMcKinneyCollinDemocrat1887
George HulingLebanonCollinDemocrat1887
Samuel H. HargisGainesvilleCookeDemocrat1887
Robert V. BellGainesvilleGraysonDemocrat1887
Charles C. BellDentonDentonDemocrat1885
Joseph C. RugelMesquiteDallasDemocrat1887
Jesse StrongDallasDallasDemocrat1887
Elihu NewtonBransfordTarrantDemocrat1887
Ephraim HeathRockwallRockwallDemocrat1887
Samuel ChapmanStubblefieldJohnsonDemocrat1887
William WoodBristolEllisDemocrat1887
Charles ChristenberryHubbard CityHillDemocrat1887
George GroceWaxahachieEllisDemocrat1887
William McGaugheyGranburyHoodDemocrat1885
W. SmithCranfills GapBosqueDemocrat1887
Tully FullerDecaturWiseDemocrat1887
Alexander LatimerMineral WellsPalo PintoDemocrat1887
James BrowningMobeetieWheelerDemocrat1883
Felix G. BransfordNewportMontagueDemocrat1887
John HumphreysAuroraWiseDemocrat1887
James JarrottMillsapParkerDemocrat1887
Sanctus WaskomTerrellKaufmanDemocrat1887
Marlin GarnerBremondRobertsonDemocrat1887
Clement M. RichardsonLeonaLeonDemocrat1887
Amos BuchananBryanBrazosDemocrat1887
William F. SharpDavillaMilamDemocrat1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
Houston A.P. BassettAndersonGrimesRepublican1887
J. Wesson ParkerRichmondFort BendDemocrat1887
Gilford CleggTrinityTrinityDemocrat1887
John KirlicksHoustonHarrisDemocrat1887
Jesse McCalebWillisMontgomeryDemocrat1887
Jonathan DavisKosseFallsDemocrat1887
George Cassety PendletonBeltonBellDemocrat1883
James McKinneyJones PrairieMilamDemocrat1885
A. G. Camp, Jr.GroesbeckLimestoneDemocrat1883
Robert SteeleCotton GinFreestoneDemocrat1883
Abel GillPurdonNavarroDemocrat1887
Seth MillsWacoMcLennanDemocrat1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
Albert PrendergastWacoMcLennanDemocrat1887
Andrew GravesGatesvilleCoryellDemocrat1887
Benjamin Rush PlumleyGalvestonGalvestonDemocrat1887 (prior: 1871–1873, 1881–1883)
Walter GreshamGalvestonGalvestonDemocrat1887
Charles I. BattleSpanish CampWhartonDemocrat1887
John WoolseyOaklandColoradoDemocrat1887
James ShelburneBellvilleAustinDemocrat1887
George HumphreysBovineLavacaDemocrat1887
Wenzel MatejowskyNechanitzFayetteRepublican1887
James McGuireLedbetterFayetteDemocrat1887
Robert J. MooreWashingtonWashingtonPeople's Party1883
Thomas HuntCaldwellBurlesonDemocrat1887
John McClanahanLexingtonBurlesonDemocrat1885
Hiram GarwoodBastropBastropDemocrat1887
E. Taylor MooreAustinTravisDemocrat1885
Emory W. SmithMerrilltownTravisDemocrat1887
Alexander NorthingtonLampasasLampasasDemocrat1887 (prior: 1876–1879)
John C.S. BairdThriftyBrownDemocrat1887
James H. FaubionLeanderWilliamsonDemocrat1885
Leonidas L. ShieldTrickhamColemanDemocrat1887
George Wythe BaylorYsletaEl PasoDemocrat1887
John H. ClarkUvaldeUvaldeDemocrat1887
James ConeUnionWilsonDemocrat1887
Thomas W. KennedyRio Grande CityStarrDemocrat1885
Watterson ShowalterLaredoWebbDemocrat1887
J. HainesJunction CityKimbleDemocrat1887
Thomas A. BlairOakvilleLive OakDemocrat1887
John LightSayersBexarDemocrat1887
David RobinsonSan AntonioBexarDemocrat1887
Jonathan PayneGoliadGoliadDemocrat1887 (prior: 1873–1874)
George StaplesEdnaJacksonDemocrat1887
Francis LathamBrownsvilleCameronDemocrat1883 (prior: 1855–1859)
Carl GoethCypress MillBlancoDemocrat1887
Joseph BootheGonzalesGonzalesDemocrat1887
Jacob EllisonMartindaleCaldwellDemocrat1887
George McGeheeSan MarcosHaysDemocrat1887
Nelson DolenHoustonHarrisDemocrat1887
William C. "Cone" JohnsonTylerSmithDemocrat1887
John VoorheesAndrewsWoodDemocrat1887

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

Membership changes

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
SenatorReason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's InstallationDistrict 22
Richard H. HarrisonHarrison resigned April 20, 1887.Waller Saunders BakerApril 16, 1888
  • District 22: Baker elected in special election June 4, 1887.

House of Representatives

DistrictOutgoing RepresentativeReason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's InstallationDistrict 45District 46District 64District 81District 86
John HumphreysRepresentative Humphreys resigned after end of regular session (April 4, 1887).Joel W. BoothApril 16, 1888
James JarrottRepresentative Jarrott resigned between sessions.None
Benjamin Rush PlumleyRepresentative Plumley died on December 9, 1887.Guy Morrison BryanMay 2, 1888
John H. ClarkRepresentative Clark resigned on June 4, 1888.None
David RobinsonRepresentative 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.
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