The 7th Texas Legislature met from November 2, 1857, to February 16, 1858, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1857.
Sessions
* 7th Regular session: November 2, 1857 – February 16, 1858
Party summary
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor:
Francis Richard Lubbock, 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
:
Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, ''Ad interim''
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the House
:
William S. Taylor, Democrat, 1857–18 January 1858
:
Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859
[Locke, as Speaker ''pro tempore'', had served as Speaker from December 26, 1857 when Taylor had taken leave because of illness.]
Members
Members of the Seventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 2, 1857:
Senate
House of Representatives
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Hamilton P. Bee
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John Henry Brown
John Henry Brown (October 29, 1820 – May 31, 1895) was an American journalist, military leader, author, politician, and historian, who served as a state legislator and as mayor of both Galveston (1856) and Dallas, Texas (1885–1887). Brown w ...
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Constantine W. Buckley
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James G. Collier, Tyler County
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Isaac N. Dennis
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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 ...
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Randolph C. Doom
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Horatio White Fisher
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Lindsay Hagler,
San Patricio County
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James Marshall Harrison
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John L. Haynes
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Spearman Holland
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Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat
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Eli T. Merriman
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José Ángel Navarro
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Anthony Banning Norton
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Moses Fisk Roberts
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William R. Shannon, Democrat
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Charles William Tait
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William S. Taylor, Democrat
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Benjamin F. Carroll
Membership Changes
Senate
House of Representatives
Notes
References
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External links
{{TexasLegislatures
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