The 2nd Texas Legislature met from December 13, 1847 to March 20, 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847.

Sessions 2nd Regular session: December 13, 1847 – March 20, 1848

Officers

Senate Lieutenant Governor John Alexander Greer, Democrat President pro tempore Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives Speaker of the House James Wilson Henderson, Democrat

Members

Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature: District Senator Term start Term end Party 1 William M. "Buckskin" Williams December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic 2 James B. Wootten December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 3 Edward Clark 4 David Aaron Gage December 17, 1847 November 5, 1849 Isaac Parker February 16, 1846 November 5, 1849 Democratic 5 Benjamin Rush Wallace February 16, 1846 November 5, 1849 6 John H. McRae December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 7 William C. Abbott December 14, 1847 November 5, 1849 8 Henry J. Jewett February 16, 1846 November 5, 1849 9 Jesse Grimes December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 10 Isaac W. Brashear December 15, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic 11 Richard Bache Jr. December 28, 1847 March 17, 1848 12 Stephen W. Perkins December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 13 Philip Minor Cuney December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic 14 John Winfield Scott Dancy December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 15 Edward Burleson February 16, 1846 November 5, 1849 16 Robert McAlpin Williamson February 16, 1846 November 5, 1849 Democratic 17 Alexander H. Phillips February 16, 1846 March 1, 1848 Anti tariff 18 José Antonio Navarro December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 19 Henry Lawrence Kinney Edward Fitzgerald February 5, 1848 March 20, 1848 F James G. Bourland December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849

Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties

House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Texas Legislature: District Representative Term start Term end PartyAustin William E. Crump December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Charles Railey December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Bastrop Thomas Jones Hardeman December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Bexar Mathew A. Dooley December 16, 1847 November 5, 1849 Henry Martyn Lewis December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Bowie Samuel Fountain Mosely December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Hardin Richard Runnels December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Brazoria Guy Morrison Bryan December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Elisha M. Pease December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Brazos Elliott McNeil Millican December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Colorado John Forrester Miller December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 William B. Perry December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Fannin Samuel Bogart December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Thomas Jefferson Shannon December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Fayette William Henry Crutcher December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 William Graham Webb December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Fort Bend William S. Rayner December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Galveston Mark Milton Potter December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Hamilton Stuart December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Goliad Jesse Stoddard December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Gonzales James L. Allen December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 John D. Anderson December 13, 1847 January 10, 1848 Vacant January 10, 1848 February 15, 1848 William Henry Stewart February 15, 1848 November 5, 1849 Harris James Wilson Henderson December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Magnus T. Rogers December 13, 1847 January 26, 1848 Vacant January 26, 1848 February 19, 1848 Jacob Raphael De Cordova February 19, 1848 November 5, 1849 Benjamin Franklin Tankersley December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Harrison Richard Newton Goode December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 James Franklin Taylor December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849Whig Erwin M. Wilder December 13, 1847 December 21, 1847WhigHouston Steward Alexander Miller December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic William Turner Sadler December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic Jackson Benjamin Jobe White December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Jasper Zimri Williams Eddy December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Jefferson James H. Armstrong December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Lamar William Howard Bourland December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic Johnson Wren December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Liberty John H. Davis December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 William Fields December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Matagorda Thomas Mason Dennis February 26, 1848 November 5, 1849 Milam James Shaw February 26, 1848 November 5, 1849 Montgomery Thomas Carothers December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Charles G. Keenan December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Jerome B. McCown December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Arch McNeill December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Nacogdoches Elisha Everett Lott December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 John Henninger Reagan December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Adolphus Sterne December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Red River Benjamin Holland Epperson December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849Whig James Gilliam December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 William B. Stout December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Refugio Benjamin Franklin Neal December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Robertson James M. Davis December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Clinton McKamy Winkler December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Rusk James H. Lyons December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Jesse Walling December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Sabine James M. Burroughs December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic Peter F. Renfro December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 San Augustine William C. Edwards December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Republican Otis M. Wheeler December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 San Patricio Mirabeau B. Lamar December 13, 1847 January 28, 1848 Shelby Emory Rains December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 James Alfred Truitt December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Travis Samuel Haynie December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Victoria A.J. Cunningham December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Washington Van Rensaeller Irion December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 Democratic Jerome Bonaparte Robertson December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 James Willie December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849

Membership Changes

Senate

District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 11 Richard Bache Jr. Senator Bache died March 17, 1848 None District 17 Alexander H. Phillips Senator Phillips resigned March 1, 1848. None District 19 Henry Lawrence Kinney Senator Kinney resigned before December 18, 1847. Edward Fitzgerald February 5, 1848 District 19 Edward Fitzgerald Senator Fitzgerald resigned March 20, 1848. None

House of Representatives

District OutgoingRepresentative Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation Gonzales John D. Anderson Representative Anderson resigned due to ill health on January 10, 1848 William Henry Stewart February 15, 1848 Harris Magnus T. Rogers Representative Rogers died on January 26, 1848. Jacob Raphael De Cordova February 19, 1848 Harrison Erwin M. Wilder Representative Wilder was granted compassionate leave and never returned. None San Patricio Mirabeau B. Lamar Representative Lamar resigned on January 8, 1848. None

Gonzales: Stewart succeeded Anderson, who had resigned in January 1848, on February 15, 1848. Harris: Jacob Raphael De Cordova succeeded Magnus Rogers after his death and took the oath of office on February 19, 1848.

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