# 23rd Texas Legislature

The 23rd Texas Legislature met from January 10 to May 9, 1893, in regular session. 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 |
| Democratic Party | 99 |
| Republican Party | 1 |
| Populist | 8 |
| Total | 108 |

## Officers
### State

* Governor: James Stephen Hogg

### Senate

* Lieutenant Governor: Martin McNulty Crane

### 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 |
| 6 | Travis Clack Henderson | Paris | Lamar | Democrat | 1893 (prior: 1883–1887) |
| 7 | William Jordan Hood | Savoy | Fannin | Democrat | 1889 |
| 7 | James Walter Sumner | Randolph | Fannin | Democrat | 1893 |
| 8 | John Harmon Dills | Sherman | Grayson | Democrat | 1891 |
| 8 | William McCarty Peck | Denison | Grayson | Democrat | 1893 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 36 | David Sudduth Lindsey | Warren | Tyler | Democrat | 1893 |
| 37 | James Alexander Breeding | Houston | Harris | Democrat | 1893 (prior: 1889–1891) |
| 37 | John Kennedy | Houston | Harris | Democrat | 1893 |
| 38 | Joseph Green Davis | Gladstone | Walker | Democrat | 1893 |
| 38 | David Henry Hamilton | Centralia | Trinity | Democrat | 1893 |
| 39 | George Preston Finlay | Galveston | Galveston | Democrat | 1893 (prior: 1861–1862, 1873–1874, 1879–1883) |
| 39 | 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 |
| 45 | 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 |
| 50 | 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 |
| 65 | Spencer Young | Killeen | Bell | Democrat | 1893 |
| 66 | Seth Phineas Mills | Waco | McLennan | Democrat | 1893 (prior: 1879–1881, 1887–1891) |
| 66 | 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) |
| 73 | Patrick Henry Golden | Dallas | Dallas | Democrat | 1893 |
| 73 | 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 |
| 78 | 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) |
| 85 | 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 |
| 89 | 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 |
| 96 | William Ward Turney | Alpine | Brewster | Democrat | 1893 |
| 97 | Ferdinand Carl Weinert | Seguin | Guadalupe | Democrat | 1893 |
| 98 | Clarence White Martin | Johnson City | Blanco | Democrat | 1893 |
| 98 | 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 |