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9th Texas Legislature

The 9th Texas Legislature met from November 4, 1861 to March 7, 1863 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 1861.

Sessions

9th Regular session: November 4, 1861 – January 14, 1862
9th First called session: February 2–March 7, 1863]

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor: John McClannahan Crockett ; President pro tempore: Robert Henry Guinn, Regular session, First called session

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : Constantine W. Buckley, Democrat, November 4, 1861 – December 7, 1861 : Nicholas Henry Darnell, Democrat, 7 December 1861–1862 : Constantine W. Buckley, Democrat, 1863

Members

Members of the Ninth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 4, 1861

Senate

District	Senator	Party
Rufus K. Hartley	Democrat	1861
Anderson F. Crawford	Democrat	1861
M. W. Wheeler	Democrat	1861
Lewis F. Casey	Democrat	1861
Jesse H. Parsons	Democrat	1861
Matthew Fielding Locke	Democrat	1861
John W. Moore	Democrat	1861
William C. Batte	Democrat	1861
Samuel Bell Maxey	Democrat	1861
Robert Henry Guinn	Democrat	1861
John H. Burnett	Democrat	1861 (First time: 1853–1857)
Benjamin T. Selman	Democrat	1861
Jefferson Weatherford	Democrat	1861
John F. Crawford	Democrat	1863
J. J. Dickson	Democrat	1857
A. N. Jordan	Democrat	1861
Anthony Martin Branch	Democrat	1861
John W. Durant	Democrat	1861
John Boyd	Democrat	1863
Alfred T. Obenchain	Democrat	1863
Robert H. Graham	Democrat	1853
John T. Harcourt	Democrat	1861
Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Democrat	1861
George Preston Finlay	Democrat	1861
Stephen Heard Darden	Democrat	1861
Nathan George Shelley	Democrat	1861
John N. Houston	Democrat	1859
George Bernard Erath	Democrat	1863 (First time: 1855–1857)
Pryor Lea	Democrat	1861
N. A. Mitchell	Democrat	1863
Erastus Reed	Democrat	1861
Edwin B. Scarborough	Democrat	1853
Henry C. Cook	Democrat	1861

House of Representatives

George H. Bagby
Payton Bethell
Constantine W. Buckley
Horace Cone
Nicholas Henry Darnell
Robert Turner Flewellen
Sterling Brown Hendricks
Alfred Marmaduke Hobby
James K. Holland
Spearman Holland
Samuel A. Maverick
James G. McDonald
José Ángel Navarro
John Smith
James D. Woods
William Amos Wortham
Samuel James Polk McDowell

Membership Changes

Senate

District	Outgoing
Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation	2	6	9	11	14	15	17	20	24	25	26	28	32
Anderson F. Crawford	Crawford resigned before February 2, 1863.	James W. Andres	February 2, 1863
Matthew Fielding Locke	Locke resigned before December 16, 1861.	Stephen W. Beasley	December 16, 1861
Samuel Bell Maxey	Samuel B. Maxey joined the Confederate States Army and did not return to serve in the legislature.	Rice Maxey	after August 4, 1862
John H. Burnett	Burnett resigned before February 2, 1863.	Leroy W. Cooper	February 2, 1863
John F. Crawford	Crawford resigned September 21, 1863.	James B. Davis	after October 24, 1863
J. J. Dixon	Dixon resigned before February 2, 1863.	William D. Lair	February 2, 1863
Anthony Martin Branch	Senator Branch resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army.	David Catchings Dickson	February 2, 1863
Alfred T. Obenchain	Obenchain resigned February 15, 1862	William Quayle	February 3, 1863
George Preston Finlay	Finlay resigned before February 2, 1863.	Samuel Addison White	February 2, 1863
Stephen Heard Darden	Darden resigned before February 2, 1863.	Spencer Ford	February 2, 1863
Nathan George Shelley	Shelley resigned April 1, 1862.	A. W. Moore	February 2, 1863
George Bernard Erath	Erath resigned before February 2, 1863.	George E. Burney	February 2, 1863
Edwin B. Scarborough	Scarborough was murdered on October 7, 1862.	Edward R. Hord	February 11, 1863

House of Representatives

District	Outgoing
Representative	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nicholas Henry Darnell	Representative Darnell resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army.	Unknown	Unknown
Alfred Marmaduke Hobby	Representative Hobby in 1861 to serve in the Confederate States Army.	Unknown	Unknown
William Amos Wortham	Representative Wortham resigned in 1861 to serve in the Confederate States Army.	Unknown	Unknown

References

Darnell resigned in 1862 to serve in the [[Confederate States Army]].
'''[[Texas Senate, District 9. District 9]]:''' Maxey never appeared.
'''[[Texas Senate, District 16. District 16]]:''' Jordan did not attend the First called session until February 27, 1863.
'''[[Texas Senate, District 30. District 30]]:''' Mitchell did not attend the First called session.
'''[[Texas Senate, District 9. District 9]]:''' [[Rice Maxey]] was elected in a special election on August 4, 1862 to succeed his son, [[Samuel B. Maxey. Samuel Bell Maxey]].
'''[[Texas Senate, District 14. District 14]]:''' [[James B. Davis (politician). James B. Davis]] was elected in a special election on October 24, 1863.

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