20th Texas Legislature

The 20th Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887, in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888, in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 general election.

Sessions 20th Regular session: January 11, 1887 – April 4, 1887 20th First called session: April 16, 1888 – May 15, 1888

Party summary House of Representatives Affiliation Members Note Democratic Party 91 Republican Party 2 People's Party 1 Total 94

Officers Senate Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Benton Wheeler, Democrat President pro tempore: William Henry Pope, Democrat, Regular session Caleb J. Garrison, Democrat, Regular session John Woods, Democrat, First called session

House of Representatives Speaker of the House: George C. Pendleton, Democrat

Source material was unclear in which order the two Presidents pro tempore served.

Members Members of the Twentieth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1887:

Senate District Senator Party Took office 1 William L. Douglass 1885 2 Caleb Jackson Garrison Democrat 1885 3 William Henry Pope Democrat 1883 4 William Thomas Armistead Democrat 1887 5 Samuel D. Stinson 1885 6 John Lafayette Camp, Jr. 1885 7 Alexander White Gregg 1887 8 William W. Davis 1887 9 Leonard Anderson Abercrombie Democrat 1887 10 John M. Claiborne 1887 11 John Woods Democrat 1885 12 Hermann Knittel 1885 13 Jonathan Lane Democrat 1887 14 Scott Field 1887 15 Eldred James Simkins 1887 16 J. O. Terrell Democrat 1885 17 William Allen 1887 18 Elbridge G. Douglass 1887 19 Temple Lea Houston Democrat 1885 20 James Jones Jarvis Democrat 1887 21 Samuel C. Upshaw 1887 22 Richard H. Harrison 1885 23 Charles Keith Bell 1885 24 George Washington Glasscock, Jr. Democrat 1885 25 William Henry Burges Democrat 1887 (Prior: 1881–1883) 26 William H. Woodward 1887 27 Francis E. MacManus 1887 28 Robert Hance Burney 1887 29 James Henry Calhoun 1885 30 Louis N. Frank 1887 31 Henry D. McDonald 1887

House of Representatives District Representative City County Party Took office 1 Hugh Jackson Wallisville JeffersonDemocrat 1887 2 Talvus Wilson Dodge San JacintoDemocrat 1887 3 Delana Tompkins Emilee TylerDemocrat 1887 4 J. Gilleland Mott NacogdochesDemocrat 1887 5 John H. Truit Timpson ShelbyDemocrat 1887 6 Robert Teague Milner Henderson RuskDemocrat 1887 7 J. Ras Jones Pinehill PanolaDemocrat 1885 8 George A. Newton Mount Selman CherokeeDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1883–1885) 9 Bedford Parks Kickapoo AndersonDemocrat 1887 10 William Larkin Athens HendersonDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1879–1881) 11 N. M. Harrison Gilmer UpshurDemocrat 1887 12 Horatio L. Tate Lindale SmithDemocrat 1885 13 William Page Crockett HoustonDemocrat 1885 14 Alexander Pope Marshall HarrisonDemocrat 1887 15 Tom Davis Center ShelbyDemocrat 1887 16 Lucius Whatley Atlanta CassDemocrat 1887 17 William Hudgins Texarkana BowieDemocrat 1887 William Skinner Daingerfield MorrisDemocrat 1887 18 James Clark Walnut Grove Red RiverDemocrat 1887 19 John Stringer Mount Vernon FranklinDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1883–1885) 20 James M. Biard Biardstown LamarDemocrat 1887 21 Andrew Nicholson Honey Grove FanninDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1874–1876) 22 James Sadler Dodd City LamarDemocrat 1887 23 George Patterson Ben Franklin LamarDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1874–1876) 24 John Melson Sulphur Springs HopkinsDemocrat 1887 25 Frank P. Alexander Greenville HuntDemocrat 1885 26 John Currey Canton Van ZandtDemocrat 1887 27 John Tolbert Howe GraysonDemocrat 1887 Free Utiger Denison GraysonDemocrat 1887 28 James B. Wright McKinney CollinDemocrat 1887 29 George Huling Lebanon CollinDemocrat 1887 30 Samuel H. Hargis Gainesville CookeDemocrat 1887 31 Robert V. Bell Gainesville GraysonDemocrat 1887 32 Charles C. Bell Denton DentonDemocrat 1885 33 Joseph C. Rugel Mesquite DallasDemocrat 1887 Jesse Strong Dallas DallasDemocrat 1887 34 Elihu Newton Bransford TarrantDemocrat 1887 35 Ephraim Heath Rockwall RockwallDemocrat 1887 36 Samuel Chapman Stubblefield JohnsonDemocrat 1887 37 William Wood Bristol EllisDemocrat 1887 38 Charles Christenberry Hubbard City HillDemocrat 1887 39 George Groce Waxahachie EllisDemocrat 1887 40 William McGaughey Granbury HoodDemocrat 1885 W. Smith Cranfills Gap BosqueDemocrat 1887 41 Tully Fuller Decatur WiseDemocrat 1887 42 Alexander Latimer Mineral Wells Palo PintoDemocrat 1887 43 James Browning Mobeetie WheelerDemocrat 1883 44 Felix G. Bransford Newport MontagueDemocrat 1887 45 John Humphreys Aurora WiseDemocrat 1887 46 James Jarrott Millsap ParkerDemocrat 1887 47 Sanctus Waskom Terrell KaufmanDemocrat 1887 48 Marlin Garner Bremond RobertsonDemocrat 1887 49 Clement M. Richardson Leona LeonDemocrat 1887 50 Amos Buchanan Bryan BrazosDemocrat 1887 51 William F. Sharp Davilla MilamDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1883–1885) 52 Houston A.P. Bassett Anderson GrimesRepublican 1887 53 J. Wesson Parker Richmond Fort BendDemocrat 1887 54 Gilford Clegg Trinity TrinityDemocrat 1887 John Kirlicks Houston HarrisDemocrat 1887 Jesse McCaleb Willis MontgomeryDemocrat 1887 55 Jonathan Davis Kosse FallsDemocrat 1887 56 George Cassety Pendleton Belton BellDemocrat 1883 57 James McKinney Jones Prairie MilamDemocrat 1885 58 A. G. Camp, Jr. Groesbeck LimestoneDemocrat 1883 59 Robert Steele Cotton Gin FreestoneDemocrat 1883 60 Abel Gill Purdon NavarroDemocrat 1887 61 Seth Mills Waco McLennanDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1879–1881) 62 Albert Prendergast Waco McLennanDemocrat 1887 63 Andrew Graves Gatesville CoryellDemocrat 1887 64 Benjamin Rush Plumley Galveston GalvestonDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1871–1873, 1881–1883) 65 Walter Gresham Galveston GalvestonDemocrat 1887 66 Charles I. Battle Spanish Camp WhartonDemocrat 1887 67 John Woolsey Oakland ColoradoDemocrat 1887 68 James Shelburne Bellville AustinDemocrat 1887 69 George Humphreys Bovine LavacaDemocrat 1887 70 Wenzel Matejowsky Nechanitz FayetteRepublican 1887 James McGuire Ledbetter FayetteDemocrat 1887 71 Robert J. Moore Washington WashingtonPeople's Party 1883 72 Thomas Hunt Caldwell BurlesonDemocrat 1887 73 John McClanahan Lexington BurlesonDemocrat 1885 74 Hiram Garwood Bastrop BastropDemocrat 1887 75 E. Taylor Moore Austin TravisDemocrat 1885 Emory W. Smith Merrilltown TravisDemocrat 1887 76 Alexander Northington Lampasas LampasasDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1876–1879) 77 John C.S. Baird Thrifty BrownDemocrat 1887 78 James H. Faubion Leander WilliamsonDemocrat 1885 79 Leonidas L. Shield Trickham ColemanDemocrat 1887 80 George Wythe Baylor Ysleta El PasoDemocrat 1887 81 John H. Clark Uvalde UvaldeDemocrat 1887 82 James Cone Union WilsonDemocrat 1887 83 Thomas W. Kennedy Rio Grande City StarrDemocrat 1885 Watterson Showalter Laredo WebbDemocrat 1887 84 J. Haines Junction City KimbleDemocrat 1887 85 Thomas A. Blair Oakville Live OakDemocrat 1887 86 John Light Sayers BexarDemocrat 1887 David Robinson San Antonio BexarDemocrat 1887 87 Jonathan Payne Goliad GoliadDemocrat 1887 (prior: 1873–1874) George Staples Edna JacksonDemocrat 1887 88 Francis Latham Brownsville CameronDemocrat 1883 (prior: 1855–1859) 89 Carl Goeth Cypress Mill BlancoDemocrat 1887 90 Joseph Boothe Gonzales GonzalesDemocrat 1887 91 Jacob Ellison Martindale CaldwellDemocrat 1887 George McGehee San Marcos HaysDemocrat 1887 92 Nelson Dolen Houston HarrisDemocrat 1887 93 William C. "Cone" Johnson Tyler SmithDemocrat 1887 94 John Voorhees Andrews WoodDemocrat 1887

Source material was unclear in which order the representatives served or if they served concurrently.

Membership changes Senate

District OutgoingSenator Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 22 Richard H. Harrison Harrison resigned April 20, 1887. Waller Saunders Baker April 16, 1888

District 22: Baker elected in special election June 4, 1887.

House of Representatives

District Outgoing Representative Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 45 John Humphreys Representative Humphreys resigned after end of regular session (April 4, 1887). Joel W. Booth April 16, 1888 District 46 James Jarrott Representative Jarrott resigned between sessions. None District 64 Benjamin Rush Plumley Representative Plumley died on December 9, 1887. Guy Morrison Bryan May 2, 1888 District 81 John H. Clark Representative Clark resigned on June 4, 1888. None District 86 David Robinson Representative Robinson resigned after end of First called session (May 15, 1888). None

District 45: Special election held June 4, 1887, Joel W. Booth declared winner and sworn in at beginning of First called session.

External links