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

Party summary

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor:

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 from 1851 to 1853 and as the fourth lieutenant governor of ...

, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'':

M. D. K. Taylor Marion DeKalb Taylor or M. D. K. Taylor (October 13, 1818 – June 22, 1897) was an American politician in Alabama and Texas, and a Texas militia colonel during the American Civil War. He was a member of the Alabama Legislature for two stints ...

, Democrat, Regular session :

Guy Morrison Bryan Guy Morrison Bryan (January 12, 1821June 4, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Biography Bryan was born in Herculaneum in the Missouri Territory on January 12, 1821. His family moved to the Mexican State of Texas in 1831, and settled ...

, Democrat, Regular session

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House :

Hardin Richard Runnels Hardin Richard Runnels (August 30, 1820 – December 25, 1873) was an American politician. He served as the sixth governor of Texas for one term but notably was the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest. Early life R ...

, 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 Hamilton Prioleau Bee (July 22, 1822 – October 3, 1897) was an American politician in early Texas; he was secretary of the Texas Senate in 1846. He served nearly 10 years as representative to the state house beginning in 1849, and for one term a ...

* William H. Bourland, Democrat * George E. Burney * Horace Cone *

, Democrat *

Benjamin Cromwell Franklin Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (April 25, 1805 – December 25, 1873) was the first judicial officeholder in the Republic of Texas. Franklin was born in Georgia, and educated at Franklin College at the University of Georgia in Athens, before being a ...

* Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County *

Bird Holland Bird Holland (March 23, 1815 - April 9, 1864) was a soldier, legislator, and civil servant in Texas. He served as Texas Secretary of State from March 16, 1861 to November 1861. He immigrated to the Republic of Texas in 1837, and by 1840 was livin ...

* John Byler Mallard * Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, * William Menefee *

Emory Rains Emory Rains (May 4, 1800 – March 4, 1878) was a lawyer, judge and political leader in the Republic of Texas and thereafter in the State of Texas. Rains was born in Warren County, Tennessee, and moved to Texas in 1817. Emory Rains held many publ ...

* James Reily *

, Democrat * Moses Fisk Roberts *

Gustav Schleicher Gustav Schleicher (sometimes spelled Gustave) (November 19, 1823 – January 10, 1879) was a German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas. He was an engineer who served briefly in the Texas legislature, and was a veteran ...

* Charles William Tait * Robert H. Taylor * Amasa Turner * George Washington Whitmore * Wesley Clark Walker, Democrat

Membership changes

Senate

External links

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