# 1st Texas Legislature

The 1st Texas Legislature convened from February 16 to May 13, 1846, in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on October 13, 1845, that ratified the proposed state constitution.

## Sessions

* 1st Regular session: February 16–May 13, 1846

## Officers
### Senate
#### Lieutenant Governor

    Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat

#### President pro tempore

    Edward Burleson, Democrat

### House of Representatives
#### Speaker of the House

    William Crump, Democrat, February 16 – May 1, 1846
    William H. Bourland, Democrat, May 1–11, 1846
    Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat, May 11–13, 1846

#### Speaker of the House pro tempore

    John "Red" Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846
    Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker March 9–16, 1846

## Members
### Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:
| District | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | William M. "Buckskin" Williams | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 2 | Ballard C. Bagby | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 3 | Edward Clark | [data missing] | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| 3 | William Thomas Scott | [data missing] | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| 4 | Joseph Lewis Hogg | Whig | February 16, 1846 | May 4, 1846 |
| 5 | Benjamin Rush Wallace | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 6 | Jesse J. Robinson | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 7 | William C. Abbott | [data missing] | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| 7 | George Tyler Wood | Democrat | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| 8 | Henry James Jewett | Polk man | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 9 | Jesse Grimes | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 10 | Isaac Wright Brashear | Democrat | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 11 | Richard Bache Jr. | [data missing] | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| 11 | Thomas Freeman McKinney | Tyler man | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| 12 | John Greenville McNeill | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 13 | Philip Minor Cuney | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 14 | John F. Miller | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 15 | Edward Murray Burleson | Tyler man | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 16 | Robert McAlpin Williamson | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 17 | Alexander H. Phillips | Anti-tariff | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 18 | José Antonio Navarro | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| 19 | Henry Lawrence Kinney | [data missing] | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| F | James G. Bourland | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |

### House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the First Texas Legislature:
| District | Representative | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
| Austin | William Edmund Crump | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Austin | Charles Railey | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Bastrop | Evans Mabry | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Bexar | Volney Erskine Howard | [data missing] | March 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Bexar | Duncan Campbell Ogden | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Bowie | Berry H. Durham | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Bowie | Alexander J. Russell | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Brazoria | Elisha Marshall Pease | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Brazoria | Stephen W. Perkins | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Brazos | Elliott McNeil Millican | [data missing] | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Colorado | William B. Perry | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Colorado | Samuel Joseph Redgate | Democrat | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Fannin | Samuel McFarland | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Fannin | Hiram W. Ryburn | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Fayette | James P. Hudson | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Fayette | Charles Mullins | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Fort Bend | William S. Rayner | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Galveston | James Cronican | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Galveston | Israel S. Savage | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Goliad | Charles F. Augustus Williams | Whig | February 16, 1846 | August 4, 1846 |
| Gonzales | Benjamin McCulloch | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Gonzales | Arthur Swift | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Harris | Peter W. Gray | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Harris | John N. O. Smith | [data missing] | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Harris | Benjamin F. Tankersly | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Harrison | Edward Clark | Democrat | Elected but never sworn | Elected but never sworn |
| Harrison | Spearman Holland | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Harrison | James B. McCown | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Houston | Steward Alexander Miller | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Houston | William Turner Sadler | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Jackson | Francis Menefee White | [data missing] | December 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Jasper | Z. Williams Eddy | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Jefferson | George Alexander Pattillo | Republican | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Lamar | William H. Bourland | [data missing] | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Liberty | Edward Thomas Branch | Tariff man | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Liberty | Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Matagorda | Henry Jones | Nullifier | February 24, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Milam | George Bernard Erath | Democrat | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Montgomery | David Catchings Dickson | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Montgomery | Charles Gradison Keenan | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Montgomery | Archibald McNeill | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Montgomery | Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Nacogdoches | John "Red" Brown | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Nacogdoches | Haden Harrison Edwards | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Nacogdoches | Daniel Muckleroy | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Red River | Lewis D. Barry | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Red River | James Shackleford Gillett | [data missing] | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Red River | James Gillam | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Red River | Benjamin Gooch | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Robertson | George W. Adams | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Robertson | Wilds K. Cooke | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Rusk | Charles F. McClarty | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Rusk | James Smith | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Sabine | James M. Burroughs | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Sabine | Jamerson Noble | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| San Augustine | William C. Edwards | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| San Augustine | Henry Williams Sublett | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| San Patricio | Alexander Stevenson | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Shelby | William Echols | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Shelby | James A. Truitt | Democrat | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Travis | William Leslie Cazneau | [data missing] | February 27, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Victoria | John Washington Rose | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Washington | Lewis Dupree | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Washington | Van Rensaeller Irion | [data missing] | February 16, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |
| Washington | James Willie | [data missing] | February 17, 1846 | December 13, 1847 |

## Membership changes
### Senate

| District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| District 3 | William Thomas Scott | Scott resigned June 5, 1847 due to an eye disease. | Edward Clark | December 13, 1847 |
| District 4 | Joseph Lewis Hogg | Hogg was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican–American War, and resigned some time after that. | Isaac Parker | after May 4, 1846 |
| District 7 | George Tyler Wood | Wood was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican–American War, and resigned before September 4, 1847. | William C. Abbott | December 13, 1847 |
| District 11 | Thomas Freeman McKinney | McKinney resigned after the end of the session (May 13, 1846). | Richard Bache | December 13, 1847 |