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5th Texas Legislature

The 5th 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
Joseph H. Burks	Democrat	1851
Johnson Wren	Democrat	1853
Hart Hardin	Democrat	1853
Malachi W. Allen	Democrat	1853
Jefferson Weatherford	Democrat	1853
Simpson C. Newman	Democrat	1853
M. D. K. Taylor	Democrat	1851
William Thomas Scott	Democrat	1851 (First time:1846–1847)
David Gage	Democrat	1853
Elisha Everett Lott	Democrat	1853
Robert Henry Guinn	Democrat	1853
William G. W. Jowers	Democrat	1853
Madison G. Whitaker	Democrat	1853
James K. Holland	Democrat	1853
William C. Edwards	Democrat	1853
Henry C. Pedigo	Democrat	1853
Mark M. Potter	Democrat	1851
Cornelius McAnelly	Democrat	1853
Charles G. Keenan	Democrat	1853
James W. McDade	Democrat	1853
Elliot McNeil Millican	Democrat	1853
William Harrison "Howdy" Martin	Democrat	1853
James H. Armstrong	Democrat	1851
Guy Morrison Bryan	Democrat	1853
Henry Williams Sublett	Democrat	1853
James T. Lytle	Democrat	1853
Claiborne Kyle	Democrat	1853
Edwin B. Scarborough	Democrat	1853
James H. Durst	Democrat	1853
Antoine Supervièle	Democrat	1853
Isaiah Addison Paschal	Democrat	1853
Isaac Lafayette Hill	Democrat	1853
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

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