The 5th Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853, to February 13, 1854, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853.
Sessions 5th Regular session: November 7, 1853 – February 13, 1854
Officers
Senate Lieutenant Governor David Catchings Dickson, Democrat President pro tempore M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat, Regular session
House of Representatives Speaker of the House Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
Members
Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature: District Senator Party Took office 1 Joseph H. Burks Democrat 1851 2 Johnson Wren Democrat 1853 3 Hart Hardin Democrat 1853 4 Malachi W. Allen Democrat 1853 5 Jefferson Weatherford Democrat 1853 6 Simpson C. Newman Democrat 1853 7 M. D. K. Taylor Democrat 1851 8 William Thomas Scott Democrat 1851 (First time:1846–1847) 9 David Gage Democrat 1853 10 Elisha Everett Lott Democrat 1853 11 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat 1853 12 William G. W. Jowers Democrat 1853 13 Madison G. Whitaker Democrat 1853 14 James K. Holland Democrat 1853 15 William C. Edwards Democrat 1853 16 Henry C. Pedigo Democrat 1853 17 Mark M. Potter Democrat 1851 18 Cornelius McAnelly Democrat 1853 19 Charles G. Keenan Democrat 1853 20 James W. McDade Democrat 1853 21 Elliot McNeil Millican Democrat 1853 22 William Harrison "Howdy" Martin Democrat 1853 23 James H. Armstrong Democrat 1851 24 Guy Morrison Bryan Democrat 1853 25 Henry Williams Sublett Democrat 1853 26 James T. Lytle Democrat 1853 27 Claiborne Kyle Democrat 1853 28 Edwin B. Scarborough Democrat 1853 29 James H. Durst Democrat 1853 30 Antoine Supervièle Democrat 1853 31 Isaiah Addison Paschal Democrat 1853 32 Isaac Lafayette Hill Democrat 1853 33 Rufus Doane Democrat 1851
House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature. There are 73 districts at this time, 16 of them just created this session:
John David German Adrian Hamilton P. Bee William H. Bourland, Democrat George E. Burney Horace Cone David Catchings Dickson, Democrat Benjamin Cromwell Franklin Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County Bird Holland John Byler Mallard Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, William Menefee Emory Rains James Reily Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat Moses Fisk Roberts Gustav Schleicher Charles William Tait Robert H. Taylor Amasa Turner George Washington Whitmore Wesley Clark Walker, Democrat
Membership changes
Senate
District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 26 James T. Lytle Senator Lytle died February 5, 1854 None
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