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16th Texas Legislature

The 16th Texas Legislature met from January 14 to July 9, 1879 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1878 General Election.

Sessions
16th Regular session: January 14–April 24, 1879 • 16th First called session: June 10–July 9, 1879 ==Party summary==
Officers
Senate ; Lieutenant Governor : Joseph Draper Sayers, Democrat ; President pro tempore : Edwin Hobby, Democrat, Regular session, ad interim : Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Democrat, First called session House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : John Hughes Cochran, Democrat ==Members==
Members
Members of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1879: Senate House of RepresentativesBenjamin M. BakerThomas BeckWilliam BellGuy Morrison BryanWilliam ClemensJohn Hughes CochranJames N. EnglishR. J. EvansGeorge FinlayJacob E. FreemanSamuel FrostCaleb Jackson GarrisonCharles Reese GibsonBedford G. GuyWilliam Kercheval HomanElias MayesGeorge PickettJoseph Benjamin PolleyAlonzo SledgeAshbel SmithFelix Ezell SmithM. D. K. TaylorRobert H. TaylorBenjamin Franklin WilliamsCharles Louis Wurzbach ==Membership Changes==
Membership Changes
District 16: Buchanan was elected in special election February 17, 1880 • District 20: Homan was reelected in special election February 17, 1880 ==External links==
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