Eleventh Texas Legislature


The Eleventh Texas Legislature met from August 6, 1866, to November 13, 1866, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1865.

Sessions

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor: George Washington Jones
; President pro tempore: Robert Henry Guinn, Democrat
Jones was removed from office in July 1867 by General Phillip H. Sheridan. The office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant until 1870. Robert Henry Guinn served as acting Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of the term.

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : Nathaniel Macon Burford, Unionist

Members

Members of the Eleventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, August 6, 1866:

Senate

House of Representatives

Representatives of the Eleventh Texas Legislature serving from 1866 to 1870:
RepresentativeDistrictCounty
George F. Alford11Trinity
William R. Anderson8Angelina
John Franklin Armstrong61Coryell
Robert A. Atkinson64Gonzales
James M. Baker62DeWitt
D.C. Barmore68Burnet
Flavius Josepheus Barrett46Wise
Joshua Runey Beauchamp57Milam
R.H. Bellamy14Panola
Reading Wood Black72Uvalde
Thomas William Blount5San Augustine
Thomas Reuben Bonner12Cherokee
L.D. Bradley40Freestone
John Thomas Brady36Harris
Nathaniel Macon Burford44Dallas
Edward Chambers32Collin
Juan Chaves71Bexar
Archelaus Cochran44Dallas
Nehemiah Cochran48Austin
M.W. Damron59Bell
William C. Daniel12Cherokee
Wickliffe Dashiell27Kaufman
D.H. Davis23Lamar
Alonzo Alphmer DeAvelon76Nueces
George Washington Diamond13Rusk
Randolph Doom4Jasper
Middleton Dunn65Guadalupe
J.A. Durand71Bexar
Bruno Durst39Leon
W.E. Estes20Bowie
Samuel Evans43Tarrant
Samuel Thompson Foster70Live Oak
Gregorio N. García77El Paso
Robert Garrett15Harrison
Robert Gaston17Smith
Jabez Giddings51Washington
Jesse Martin Glasco21Upshur
George Washington Glasscock56Travis
Charles Grayson7Nacogdoches
Edward Jeremiah Gurley60McLennan
Francis DeLaVaux Hallonquist21Upshur
George Duncan Hancock55Travis
James Hanks10Anderson
Lewis Harman25Lamar
William E. Hart19Titus
Benjamin Hendley42Ellis
Willis Holford31Grayson
Warren H. Hooks22Red River
Francis Charles Hume38Walker
H.R. Jackson18Davis
Charles Hill Jones3Tyler
Dudley William Jones20Titus
C.L. Jordan42Parker
William Kendall45Denton
Ambrose Dudley Kent1Jefferson
Lorenzo King24Hopkins
Claiborne Kyle58Hays
Jonathan Lewter17Smith
John Lund75Starr
James R. McKee29Fannin
Franklin Merriman34Galveston
John Moncure54Bastrop
Mordello Stephen Munson35Brazoria
Daniel Murchison66Comal
Truman Phelps62Victoria
J.T. Ratliff41Hill
George Robertson Reeves33Grayson
Samuel J. Richardson16Harrison
Josiah Shaw49Colorado
Daniel McDowell Short6Shelby
Horace Simonds28Hunt
Ashbel Smith36Harris
Mark Stroud13Rusk
William Tate63Lavaca
Frederick Tegener67Kerr
James Thomas73Cameron
Nathan Thomas52Fayette
Thomas Thompson74Hidalgo
Alfred Sturgis Thurmond69Refugio
A.B. Trowell2Liberty
Benjamin Tyus40Limestone
William Upton50Fayette
J.W. Weaver37Brazos
William Hillman Wheelock53Robertson
Dave White26Wood
William Whitsett30Fannin
James Whitten47Wharton
R.W. Wiley27Henderson
Israel Worsham37Montgomery

Membership changes

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
Senator
Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 3James Washington GuinnGuinn died August 18, 1866Frederick VoightOctober 8, 1866
District 14Robert H. LaneLane resigned October 31, 1866-