Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: John O. Meusebach ( May 26 , 1812 -- May 27 , 1897 ) , born Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach , was at first a Prussian bureaucrat , later an American farmer and politician who served in the Texas Senate , District 22 ., The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 806,000 per constituency, based on the 2010 U.S. Census. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. Elections are held in even numbered years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In elections ending in years ending in 2, all seats are up for election. Half of the senators will serve a two-year term, based on a drawing; the other half will fill regular four-year terms. As such, in other elections, about half of the Texas Senate is on the ballot. The Senate meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. The Republicans currently control the chamber, which is made up of 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats, as of January 10, 2017., Barry Kip Averitt (born 31 October 1954) 
is a former Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 22nd District, which includes Ellis and McLennan counites. He was renominated in the primary election held on March 2, 2010, having polled 37,682 votes (60.1 percent) to his intraparty rival, Darren Yancy, who received 25,028 ballots (39.9 percent)., District 22 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro and Somervell counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 22 is Republican Brian Birdwell of Granbury, the winner of a 2010 special election to choose a successor to Republican Kip Averitt, who resigned because of health issues even after having been renominated in the March 2 primary election., Subject: john o. meusebach, Relation: position_held, Options: (A) member of the texas senate (B) senate (C) senator
Output (English): member of the texas senate