The 6th Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1855 to September 1, 1856 in its regular session and one adjourned session. All 80 members of the Texas House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Texas Senate were elected in 1855.
Sessions 6th Regular session: November 5, 1855 – February 4, 1856 6th Adjourned session: July 7–September 1, 1856
Officers Senate Lieutenant Governor Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat President pro tempore Jesse Grimes, Regular session, Adjourned session
House of Representatives Speaker of the House Hamilton P. Bee
Members Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Sixth Texas Legislature: District Senator Party Took office 1 Solomon H. Pirkey Democrat 1855 2 Johnson Wren Democrat 1855 3 Robert H. Taylor Democrat 1855 4 Malachi W. Allen Democrat 1853 5 Jefferson Weatherford Democrat 1853 6 Jonathan Russell Democrat 1855 7 M. D. K. Taylor Democrat 1851 8 William Thomas Scott Democrat 1851 (First time: 1846–1847) 9 James Winwright Flanagan Democrat 1855 10 Elisha Everett Lott Democrat 1853 11 Robert Henry Guinn Democrat 1853 12 William M. Taylor Democrat 1855 13 Madison G. Whitaker Democrat 1853 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 Edward A. Palmer Democrat 1855 19 Jesse Grimes Democrat 1855 (First time: 1846–1853) 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 John Caldwell Democrat 1855 26 Samuel Addison White Democrat 1855 27 Henry Eustace McCulloch Democrat 1855 28 Edwin B. Scarborough Democrat 1855 29 Edward R. Hord Democrat 1855 30 Antoine Supervièle Democrat 1853 31 Samuel A. Maverick Democrat 1855 32 Isaac Lafayette Hill Democrat 1853 33 Rufus Doane Democrat 1851
House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Sixth Texas Legislature:
John David German Adrian Hamilton P. Bee N. B. Charlton John Winfield Scott Dancy Isaac N. Dennis Julien Sidney Devereux David Catchings Dickson Mathew Duncan Ector James Carlton Francis James Alfred Head John Rhodes King Pleasant Williams Kittrell Matthew Fielding Locke Jefferson Carruthers McAlpine John Hazelrigg McClanahan Robert Caldwell Neblett Anthony Banning Norton William Beck Ochiltree Dr. Lewis S. Owings Benjamin F. Parker John Sayles Ashbel Smith William Stedman Benjamin E. Tarver William S. Taylor Leslie A. Thompson William M. "Buckskin" Williams Israel Worsham
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