# 7th Texas Legislature

The 7th Texas Legislature met from November 2, 1857, to February 16, 1858, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1857.

## Sessions

* 7th Regular session: November 2, 1857 – February 16, 1858

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

    Francis Richard Lubbock, Democrat

#### President pro tempore

    M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
    Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, Ad interim

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

    William S. Taylor, Democrat, 1857–18 January 1858
    Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat, 18 January 1858–1859

## Members

Members of the Seventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 2, 1857:

### Senate

| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
| 1 | Solomon H. Pirkey | Democrat | 1855 |
| 2 | Johnson Wren | Democrat | 1853 |
| 3 | Robert H. Taylor | Democrat | 1855 |
| 4 | James W. Throckmorton | Democrat | 1857 |
| 5 | Albert G. Walker | Democrat | 1857 (First time: 1849–1851) |
| 6 | Jonathan Russell | Democrat | 1855 |
| 7 | M. D. K. Taylor | Democrat | 1851 |
| 8 | Louis T. Wigfall | Democrat | 1857 |
| 9 | Malcolm D. Graham | Democrat | 1857 |
| 10 | Elisha Everett Lott | Democrat | 1853 |
| 11 | Robert Henry Guinn | Democrat | 1853 |
| 12 | William M. Taylor | Democrat | 1855 |
| 13 | John N. Fall | Democrat | 1857 |
| 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 | Hiram George Runnels | Democrat | 1857 |
| 19 | Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 1855 (First time: 1846–1853) |
| 20 | Chauncey Berkeley Shepard | Democrat | 1857 |
| 21 | Elliot McNeil Millican | Democrat | 1853 |
| 22 | William Harrison "Howdy" Martin | Democrat | 1853 |
| 23 | George Bernard Erath | Democrat | 1857 |
| 24 | George E. Quinan | Democrat | 1857 |
| 25 | John Caldwell | Democrat | 1855 |
| 26 | Fletcher S. Stockdale | Democrat | 1857 |
| 27 | Henry Eustace McCulloch | Democrat | 1855 |
| 28 | Edwin B. Scarborough | Democrat | 1853 |
| 29 | Forbes Britton | Democrat | 1857 |
| 30 | Isaiah Addison Paschal | Democrat | 1857 (First time: 1853–1855) |
| 31 | Samuel A. Maverick | Democrat | 1855 |
| 32 | Claiborne C. Herbert | Democrat | 1857 |
| 33 | Archibald C. Hyde | Democrat | 1857 |

### House of Representatives

* Hamilton P. Bee
* John Henry Brown
* Constantine W. Buckley
* James G. Collier, Tyler County
* Isaac N. Dennis
* David Catchings Dickson
* Randolph C. Doom
* Horatio White Fisher
* Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County
* James Marshall Harrison
* John L. Haynes
* Spearman Holland
* Matthew Fielding Locke, Democrat
* Eli T. Merriman
* José Ángel Navarro
* Anthony Banning Norton
* Moses Fisk Roberts
* William R. Shannon, Democrat
* Charles William Tait
* William S. Taylor, Democrat
* Benjamin F. Carroll

## Membership Changes
### Senate

| District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| District 18 | Hiram George Runnels | Runnells did not appear and died on December 17, 1857. | Benjamin F. Tankersly | January 20, 1858 |
| District 21 | Elliot McNeil Millican | McNeill resigned before the session. | David M. Whaley | January 12, 1858 |

### House of Representatives

| District | Outgoing Member | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| Unknown | William S. Taylor | Taylor died on July 22, 1858. | Unknown | after July 22, 1858 |