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
Officers
Senate Lieutenant Governor Francis Richard Lubbock, Democrat President pro tempore M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, Ad interim
House of Representatives Speaker of the House William S. Taylor, Democrat, 1857–18 January 1858Taylor took leave of absence December 26, 1857 and resigned January 18, 1858 because of illness. Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859Locke, 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 District Senator Party Took office 1 Solomon H. Pirkey Democrat 1855 2 Johnson Wren Democrat 1853 3 Robert H. Taylor Democrat 1855 4 James W. Throckmorton Democrat 1857 5 Albert G. Walker Democrat 1857 (First time: 1849–1851) 6 Jonathan Russell Democrat 1855 7 M. D. K. Taylor Democrat 1851 8 Louis T. Wigfall Democrat 1857 9 Malcolm D. Graham Democrat 1857 10 Elisha Everett Lott Democrat 1853 11 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat 1853 12 William M. Taylor Democrat 1855 13 John N. Fall Democrat 1857 14 James A. Truitt Democrat 1855 (First time: 1851–1853) 15 James M. Burroughs Democrat 1855 16 Henry C. Pedigo Democrat 1853 17 Mark M. Potter Democrat 1851 18 Hiram George Runnels Democrat 1857 19 Jesse Grimes Democrat 1855 (First time: 1846–1853) 20 Chauncey Berkeley Shepard Democrat 1857 21 Elliot McNeil Millican Democrat 1853 22 William Harrison "Howdy" Martin Democrat 1853 23 George Bernard Erath Democrat 1857 24 George E. Quinan Democrat 1857 25 John Caldwell Democrat 1855 26 Fletcher S. Stockdale Democrat 1857 27 Henry Eustace McCulloch Democrat 1855 28 Edwin B. Scarborough Democrat 1853 29 Forbes Britton Democrat 1857 30 Isaiah Addison Paschal Democrat 1857 (First time: 1853–1855) 31 Samuel A. Maverick Democrat 1855 32 Claiborne C. Herbert Democrat 1857 33 Archibald C. Hyde Democrat 1857
House of Representatives
Hamilton P. Bee John Henry Brown Constantine W. Buckley James G. Collier, Tyler County Isaac N. Dennis David Catchings Dickson Randolph C. Doom Horatio White Fisher Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County James Marshall Harrison John L. Haynes Spearman Holland Pleasant Williams Kittrell Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat Eli T. Merriman José Ángel Navarro Anthony Banning Norton Moses Fisk Roberts William R. Shannon, Democrat Charles William Tait William S. Taylor, Democrat Benjamin F. Carroll Membership Changes
Senate
District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 18 Hiram George Runnels Runnells did not appear and died on December 17, 1857. Benjamin F. Tankersly January 20, 1858 District 21 Elliot McNeil Millican McNeill resigned before the session. David M. Whaley January 12, 1858
House of Representatives
District OutgoingMember Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation Unknown William S. Taylor Taylor died on July 22, 1858. Unknown after July 22, 1858
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