7th Texas Legislature

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 1858

Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859

Members

Members of the Seventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 2, 1857:

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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