The 14th Texas Legislature met from January 13, 1874 to March 15, 1875 in two regular sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1873.

Sessions

*14th First regular session: January 13–May 4, 1874 *14th Second regular session: January 12–March 15, 1875

Party summary

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor : Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. ; President ''pro tempore'' (Lieutenant Governor ''ex officio'') :

Edward Bradford Pickett Edward Bradford Pickett (1823–1882) was an attorney, a Confederate soldier, a Texas senator, and the president of Texas Constitutional Convention. Life Pickett was born in 1823 in Buckingham County, Virginia. He served as a private in the U. S. ...

, Democrat

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House :

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

Members

Members of the Fourteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 13, 1874:

Senate

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 ...

was elected, but died on December 25, 1873, 2½ weeks before the start of the Regular Session.

House of Representatives

* David Abner, Sr. * Decimus et Ultimus Barziza * Thomas Beck * Joseph Brown * Ed Brown *

* John Hughes Cochran * William Shelby Delaney *

James Eastland James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late ...

* Lochlin Johnson Farrar *

Jacob E. Freeman Jacob E. Freeman (c. 1841–1900) was a state legislator in Texas. He served in the Texas House of Representatives in the Fourteenth Texas Legislature and Sixteenth Texas Legislature. He later ran for governor. He is listed on a plaque. See als ...

* James L. German * James Marshall Harrison * Thomas Hayes * John Mitchell * William Wilson Patrick, Robertson County * Frank Rainey *

Meshack Roberts Meshack R. Roberts was an American enslaved man and later politician. Early life Born in Arkansas, his owner O. B. Roberts moved him to Gilmer, Texas in 1844. During the American Civil War, O. B. served in the Confederate States Army while Robe ...

* Lieuen Morgan Rogers *

Felix Ezell Smith Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...

* Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart * William Jesse Swain *

John Files Tom John Files Tom (April 22, 1818 – March 26, 1906) was an American soldier, sheriff and legislator. A notable figure in Texas history, he served as soldier in the Texas Revolutionary War and as Texas Ranger Captain during the Civil War. He w ...

George Pickett George Edward Pickett (January 16,Military records cited by Eicher, p. 428, and Warner, p. 239, list January 28. The memorial that marks his gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery lists his birthday as January 25. Thclaims to have accessed the baptis ...

* William Amos Wortham

Membership Changes

District 16 16th district may refer to: France *16th arrondissement of Marseille *16th arrondissement of Paris United States Congressional districts *California's 16th congressional district *Florida's 16th congressional district *Illinois's 16th con ...

: Shepard elected in special election February 17, 1874, seated March 26, 1874 after election contest with Matthew Gaines

External links

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