The 14th Texas Legislature met from January 13, 1874, to March 15, 1875, in two regular sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1873.
Sessions 14th First regular session: January 13–May 4, 1874 14th Second regular session: January 12–March 15, 1875
Officers Senate Lieutenant Governor Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. President pro tempore (Lieutenant Governor ex officio) Edward Bradford Pickett, Democrat
House of Representatives Speaker of the House Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat
Members Members of the Fourteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 13, 1874:
Senate District Senator Party Took office 1 Edwin Hobby Democrat 1873 2 William H. Swift Democrat 1871 3 James Eldrage Dillard Democrat 1871 4 Winfield B. Stirman Democrat 1873 5 David Webster Flanagan Republican 1870 6 John Lafayette Camp Democrat 1873 7 David Browning Culberson Democrat 1873 8 Cader A. Parker Democrat 1873 9 L. D. Bradley Democrat 1873 10 Joseph Morris Democrat 1873 11 William E. Moore Democrat 1873 12 Vacant 1873 13 Walter Moses Burton Republican 1873 14 William R. Baker Democrat 1873 15 Edward T. Randle Republican 1872 16 T. G. Davidson Republican 1873 17 Jewett H. Davenport Democrat 1873 18 William D. Wood Democrat 1873 19 George Bernard Erath Democrat 1873 (Prior: 1857–1863) 20 Amzi Bradshaw Democrat 1873 21 Robert D. Allison Democrat 1873 22 William H. Trolinger Democrat 1873 23 Andrew J. Ball Democrat 1872 24 William R. Friend Democrat 1873 25 Olinthus Ellis Democrat 1873 26 William Hamilton Ledbetter Democrat 1873 27 John Ireland Democrat 1873 28 William H. Westfall Democrat 1873 29 Joseph E. Dwyer Democrat 1873 30 William Jarvis Russell, Jr. Democrat 1873 Benjamin Cromwell Franklin was elected, but died on December 25, 1873, 2½ weeks before the start of the Regular Session.
House of Representatives
David Abner, Sr. Decimus et Ultimus Barziza Thomas Beck Joseph Brown Ed Brown Guy Morrison Bryan John Hughes Cochran William Shelby Delaney James Eastland Lochlin Johnson Farrar Jacob E. Freeman James L. German James Marshall Harrison Thomas Hayes John Mitchell William Wilson Patrick, Robertson County Frank Rainey Meshack Roberts Lieuen Morgan Rogers Felix Ezell Smith Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart William Jesse Swain John Files Tom George Pickett William Amos Wortham
Membership Changes
District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 6 John Lafayette Camp Camp resigned March 13, 1875. Vacant District 7 David Browning Culberson Culberson resigned March 3, 1875. Vacant District 12 Vacant Benjamin Cromwell Franklin, member-elect, died December 25, 1873. Thomas Miller Joseph March 19, 1874 District 16 T. G. Davidson Davidson refused to qualify January 14, 1874. Seth Shepard March 26, 1874 District 22 William H. Trolinger Trolinger resigned before January 25, 1875. N. S. Craven January 25, 1875 District 16: Shepard elected in special election February 17, 1874, seated March 26, 1874 after election contest with Matthew Gaines
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