The 13th Texas Legislature met from January 14 to June 4, 1873 in its regular session. All members of the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The ...

and about half of the members of the

Texas Senate The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives functioning as the lower house. Together, they form the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the state of Texas. The Senate ...

were elected in 1872.

Sessions

*13th Regular session: January 14–June 4, 1873

Party summary

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor: ''Vacant'' ; President ''pro tempore'' (Lieutenant Governor ''ex officio'') : Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat

Members

Members of the Thirteenth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1873:

Senate

House of Representatives

* C. L. Abbott * John Adriance *

Richard Allen Richard, Rick, or Dick Allen may refer to: Artists *Dick Allen (poet) (1939–2017), American poet, literary critic and academic *Richard Allen (abstract artist) (1933–1999), British painter *James Moffat (author) (1922–1993), Canadian-Britis ...

, Republican * Thomas G. Allison * Em Anderson * James Monroe Anderson * James Armstrong * Julius Berends * Samuel Bewley * W.S. Bledsoe * Augustus J. Booty * Richard Bordeaux * A. S. Broaddus * Bluford Brown *

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 ...

* Edward Chambers * John Carroll * Gustave Cook * John Cunningham * Overton Fletcher Davenport * Samuel Day *Ashley Denton * Peter Diller * John N. Doyle *

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 ...

* W. A. Ellett *

Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American Technological and industrial history of the United States, industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automob ...

* Louis Frankee * C.C. Galloway * Robert Gaston * Henry Clay Ghent, M.D. (Seventeenth District, including Bell and Milam Counties)] * Levi Gillette * Henry Addington Gilpin * William Greene * James Marshall Harrison * Thomas Hester * Gustav V. Hoffmann * Orlando Newton Hollingsworth *

John Ireland John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in New York City, he came to prominence with film audiences for his supporting roles i ...

* Thomas M. Joseph * Josiah Kemble * Ira Killough * Marcellus E. Kleberg * William Lane * Johann Frederic Leyendecker * Abner S. Lipscomb * William Mabry * Hilary Manning * John M. McDonald * F.A. Michael * J.S. Mills *

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental Bronze sculpture, bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore ...

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditiona ...

* Hudson Nelson * Julius Noeggerath * Jonathan Payne * Henry Phelps *

Stephen Powers Stephen Powers (1840–1904) was an American journalist, ethnographer, and historian of Native American tribes in California. He traveled extensively to study and learn about their cultures, and wrote notable accounts of them. His articles w ...

* Davis M. Prendergast * Frank Rainey * Burlington Wesley Rimes *Sam Robb * Meshack Roberts * David Decatur Rosborough * Alexander Rossey *

Jonathan Russell Jonathan Russell (February 27, 1771 – February 17, 1832) was a United States representative from Massachusetts and diplomat. He served the Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 11th congressional district from 1821 to 1823 and was the ...

* Chauncey B. Sabin * Charles Partin Salter *

William Sayers William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

* Erich F. Schmidt * Preston Scott * Edward Sharp * W.A. Shaw * Eli Shelton * Daniel Short * George Washington Smith * John T. Smith *

Leonidas Jefferson Storey Leonidas Jefferson Storey (October 6, 1834 – March 28, 1909) was an American politician and military officer who served as the 13th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1881 to 1883. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both houses ...

* Charles Stockbridge * Marion DeKalb Taylor * Alfred Sturgis Thurmond * William Tilson * Joseph Albert Tivy * John Files Tom * William H. Trolinger * Khleber Miller Van Zandt * William Veale * Stephen Venters * U.G. Mitchell Walker * James H. Washington * Arthur Thomas Watts * William Westfall * Allen W. Wilder * Richard Williams * Clinton McKamy Winkler * William Daniel Wood Representative Allen was apparently re-elected, but House Democrats alleged voting fraud and seated his Democratic opponent instead.

Membership Changes

References

External links

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