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Fifth Texas Legislature
The Fifth 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 Party summary 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: 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 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Catchings Dickson
David Catchings Dickson (February 25, 1818 – June 5, 1880) was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as the ninth Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was also a State Senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Texas. Dickson was born in Pike County, Mississippi. In 1830, Dickson’s family moved to Georgetown, Copiah County, Mississippi, where he married Sophronia L. Magee. Dickson attended medical school in Lexington, Kentucky, and after graduating in 1841, moved, as part of a large group, to the Montgomery County, Texas, community of Anderson (present-day Grimes County). Dickson served as a surgeon for the Army of the Republic of Texas. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County beginning in 1845. Sometime before 1850, Dickson had remarried, to the former Nancy Ann E. Magee. Dickson served in the House of Representatives in the First, Third, and Fourth Texas Legislatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |