23rd Texas Legislature

23rd Texas Legislature
←22nd 24th→
Seal of the State of Texas
The Seal of Texas
Overview
Legislative bodyTexas State Legislature
JurisdictionTexas
TermJanuary 10, 1893 –
May 9, 1893
Election1892 general election
Senate
Members30
President of the SenateMartin McNulty Crane
House of Representatives
Members128
SpeakerJohn Hughes Cochran
Sessions
1stJanuary 10, 1893 – May 9, 1893

The 23rd Texas Legislature met from January 10 to May 9, 1893, in regular session.[1] All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1892 general election.

Sessions

  • 23rd Regular session: January 10, 1893 – May 9, 1893

Party summary

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members Note
Democratic Party 99
Republican Party 1
Populist 8
Total 108

Officers

State

Senate

House of Representatives

  • Speaker of the House: John Hughes Cochran

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the twenty-third Texas Legislature:

  • Edwin L. Agnew, Democrat
  • Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr., Democrat
  • Jacob Chesterfield Baldwin, Democrat
  • Thomas Elijah Boren, Democrat
  • Oliver Perry Bowser, Democrat
  • Woodson Heard Browning, Democrat
  • John Walter Cranford, Democrat
  • Miles G. Crowley, Democrat
  • John McCulloch Dean, Democrat
  • James Willis Dickson, Democrat
  • Astyanax M. Douglass, Democrat
  • Demosthenes Franklin Goss, Democrat
  • Robert Autry Greer, Democrat
  • William Oscar Hutchison, Populist
  • Wiley Mangum Imboden, Democrat
  • George Taylor Jester, Democrat
  • John Gallatin Kearby, Democrat
  • Leonidas Socrates Lawhon, Democrat
  • Perry Joshua Lewis, Democrat
  • William Perry McComb, Democrat
  • James Madison McKinney, Democrat
  • James Milton Presler, Democrat
  • James Henry Shelburne, Democrat
  • Friench Simpson, Democrat
  • Emory C. Smith, Democrat
  • Robert E. Steele, Democrat
  • James W. Swayne, Democrat
  • Walter E. Tips, Democrat
  • Benjamin Franklin Whitaker, Democrat
  • James Dinwiddie Woods, Democrat
  • Charles Henderson Yoakum, Democrat

House of Representatives

Members of the Texas House of Representatives for the twenty-third Texas Legislature.

Some districts are multimember or floterial districts.

District Representative City County Party Took Office
1 Frank Mitchell Ball Texarkana Bowie Democrat 1893
2 Daniel Denson Dodd Linden Cass Democrat 1893
3 Thomas David Rowell, Sr. Jefferson Marion Democrat 1893
4 Alvin Bosley Baker Clarksville Red River Democrat 1893
5 Peter Hammonds Rogers Mount Pleasant Titus Democrat 1893
6 Enoch Walter Fagan Paris Lamar Democrat 1893
Travis Clack Henderson Paris Lamar Democrat 1893 (prior: 1883–1887)
7 William Jordan Hood Savoy Fannin Democrat 1889
James Walter Sumner Randolph Fannin Democrat 1893
8 John Harmon Dills Sherman Grayson Democrat 1891
William McCarty Peck Denison Grayson Democrat 1893
David Edward Simmons Sherman Grayson Democrat 1893
9 Jesse Craft Murrell Coesfield Cooke Democrat 1889
10 John Milton Chambers Montague Montague Democrat 1893
11 Samuel Green Tankersley Decatur Wise Democrat 1893
12 Robert Lee Ragsdale Denton Denton Democrat 1893
13 George Bibb Pickett Decatur Wise Democrat 1893 (prior: 1874–1881)
14 James Rowland Gough McKinney Collin Democrat 1891
James Lafayette Greer McKinney Collin Democrat 1893
15 James Stevens Sherrill Greenville Hunt Democrat 1893
16 Marshall Hiram Gossett Kaufman Kaufman Democrat 1891
17 Samuel S. Frazer Lone Oak Hunt Democrat 1893
18 Charles Osborne James Sulphur Springs Hopkins Democrat 1893
19 Thomas Wilson Templeton Winnsboro Franklin Democrat 1891
20 Robert A. Cain Alba Wood Populist 1893
21 Louis P. Wilson Marshall Harrison Democrat 1883
22 Jonathan Davenport Rudd Waskom Harrison Democrat 1891
23 John Frank Onion Tyler Smith Democrat 1893
24 Edward Willis Smith Noonday Smith Democrat 1893
25 Benjamin Franklin Phillips West Mountain Upshur Democrat 1891
26 Gaines B. Turner Henderson Rusk Democrat 1893
27 Jeremiah Heath Long Carthage Panola Democrat 1893
28 Levi Lloyd Jacksonville Cherokee Democrat 1891
29 Benjamin Franklin Rogers Palestine Anderson Democrat 1891
30 Fielding Harvey Bayne Crockett Houston Democrat 1893
31 William James Townsend, Sr. Lufkin Angelina Democrat 1893
32 Benjamin A. Calhoun Chireno Nacogdoches Populist 1893
33 James W. Truitt Center Shelby Democrat 1891 (prior: 1881–1883)
34 Moses Lycurgus Broocks San Augustine San Augustine Democrat 1893
35 James Columbus Feagin Livingston Polk Democrat 1893
36 William Hal Aldridge Rockland Tyler Democrat 1893
David Sudduth Lindsey Warren Tyler Democrat 1893
37 James Alexander Breeding Houston Harris Democrat 1893 (prior: 1889–1891)
John Kennedy Houston Harris Democrat 1893
38 Joseph Green Davis Gladstone Walker Democrat 1893
David Henry Hamilton Centralia Trinity Democrat 1893
39 George Preston Finlay Galveston Galveston Democrat 1893 (prior: 1861–1862, 1873–1874, 1879–1883)
Thomas Henry Nolan Galveston Galveston Democrat 1893
40 Nathan H. Haller Brazoria Brazoria Republican 1893
41 John Adriance Ballowe Richmond Fort Bend Democrat 1893
42 Martin McHenry Kenney Bellville Austin Democrat 1893
43 Daniel Washington Jackson Weimar Colorado Democrat 1893
44 Joseph Marion Kirk Schulenburg Lavaca Democrat 1891
45 Charles John Henry Meyer Ellinger Fayette Democrat 1893
Joseph Peter Dubina Fayette Democrat 1891
46 James Gray Barbee Wharton Wharton Democrat 1893
47 Nathan E. Dever Brenham Washington Democrat 1893
48 Andrew Chastain Murray Caldwell Burleson Democrat 1893
49 George Turner Jackson Unknown Burleson Democrat 1893
50 David A. McFall Austin Travis Democrat 1893
Thomas Henry Wheless Austin Travis Democrat 1893
51 Edgar Huntley Rogan Lockhart Caldwell Democrat 1891
52 Thomas Jackson Floyd Elgin Bastrop Populist 1893
53 James Andrew Graham Burnet Burnet Democrat 1893
54 William E. Barry Navasota Grimes Democrat 1893
55 Henry Kirk White Bryan Brazos Democrat 1893 (prior: 1883–1885)
56 L. Travis Dashiell Jewett Leon Democrat 1893
57 Lewis Napeleon Barbee Wortham Freestone Populist 1893
58 Adolphus Samuel Henry Blooming Grove Navarro Democrat 1893
59 Thomas Harrison Barron Athens Henderson Democrat 1893
60 James Isom Moody Mexia Limestone Democrat 1889
61 Jonathan Jackson Davis Kosse Falls Democrat 1891 (prior: 1887–1889)
62 Thomas Stalworth Henderson Cameron Milam Democrat 1893
63 Romanus Talbot Calvert Robertson Democrat 1893
64 John Wesley Alston Thornton Limestone Democrat 1893
65 Shelby N. Strange Troy Bell Democrat 1891
Spencer Young Killeen Bell Democrat 1893
66 Seth Phineas Mills Waco McLennan Democrat 1893 (prior: 1879–1881, 1887–1891)
Robert Henry Rogers Waco McLennan Democrat 1893
67 Elbert M. Weeks Turnersville Coryell Democrat 1893
68 James Andrew Beall Waxahachie Ellis Democrat 1892
69 James Donnegan Griffin Alvarado Johnson Populist 1893
70 John Miles King Ennis Ellis Democrat 1893
71 James Henry Faubion Leander Williamson Democrat 1893, (prior: 1885–1891)
72 Montague James Moore Cameron Milam Democrat 1893
73 John Hughes Cochran Dallas Dallas Democrat 1891 (prior: 1874–1881, 1883–1885)
Patrick Henry Golden Dallas Dallas Democrat 1893
A.S. Taylor Lancaster Dallas Democrat 1893
74 Bunyan King Rockwall Rockwall Democrat 1893
75 Thomas Slater Smith Hillsboro Hill Democrat 1893
76 Oba R. Morrison Hico Hamilton Democrat 1893
77 William Abner Fields Hillsboro Hill Democrat 1893
78 Thomas Benton Maddox Fort Worth Tarrant Democrat 1893
Elihu Newton Bransford Tarrant Democrat 1893 (prior: 1887–1889)
79 Richard Bartow Hood Weatherford Parker Democrat 1891
80 William Ballard Wohlford Acton Hood Democrat 1893
81 Marion Lafayette Garrett Palo Pinto Palo Pinto Democrat 1893
82 Michael Jefferson Baker Cuero DeWitt Democrat 1891
83 Albert G. Kennedy Beeville Bee Democrat 1893
84 James Rogers Cocke Rancho Gonzales Populist 1893
85 Thomas W. Kennedy Rio Grande City Starr Democrat 1893 (prior: 1885–1891)
William Jarvis Russell Brownsville Cameron Democrat 1893
86 Albert Urbahn Laredo Webb Democrat 1889
87 Atkins Jefferson McLemore Corpus Christi Nueces Democrat 1893
88 Frank Russell Graves Helena Karnes Democrat 1891
89 William Clark McElwee St. Hedwig Bexar Democrat 1891
James Luther Slayden San Antonio Bexar Democrat 1891
90 Thomas A. Rodriguez Anchorage Atascosa Democrat 1893 (prior: 1882–1883)
91 Blucher Haynes Erskine Derby Frio Democrat 1889
92 Friedrich Wilhelm Dorow Pipe Creek Bandera Populist 1893
93 James Flack Llano Llano Democrat 1893
94 Joseph Frazer Brown Cherokee San Saba Democrat 1893 (prior: 1874–1876)
95 Thomas Carlos Wynn San Angelo Tom Green Democrat 1893
96 Samuel McKay Simmons Eagle Pass Maverick Democrat 1893
William Ward Turney Alpine Brewster Democrat 1893
97 Ferdinand Carl Weinert Seguin Guadalupe Democrat 1893
98 Clarence White Martin Johnson City Blanco Democrat 1893
George Thomas McGehee San Marcos Hays Democrat 1893 (prior: 1887–1891)
99 Joseph Newton Chandler Bluff Dale Erath Democrat 1893
100 John Thomas Currey Canton Van Zandt Democrat 1891 (prior: 1887–1889)
101 Alfred La Fayette Burleson Comanche Comanche Populist 1893
102 Jeremiah Rowland Dean La Plata Deaf Smith Democrat 1893
103 Samuel Houston Hodges Wichita Falls Wichita Democrat 1893
104 William Petit Sebastian Breckenridge Stephens Democrat 1893
105 James Kyle Wester Jacksboro Jack Democrat 1893
106 Albert Scales Hawkins Midland Midland Democrat 1893
107 James Franklin Cunningham Anson Jones Democrat 1893
108 Malcolm Leander McFarland Rockwood Coleman Democrat 1893

References

  1. ^ "Legislative Reference Library". Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
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