Fifth Texas Legislature


The Fifth Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853 to February 13, 1854 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853.

Sessions

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor: David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
; President pro tempore: M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature:
DistrictSenatorPartyTook office
1Joseph H. BurksDemocrat1851
2Johnson WrenDemocrat1853
3Hart HardinDemocrat1853
4Malachi W. AllenDemocrat1853
5Jefferson WeatherfordDemocrat1853
6Simpson C. NewmanDemocrat1853
7M. D. K. TaylorDemocrat1851
8William Thomas ScottDemocrat1851
9David GageDemocrat1853
10Elisha Everett LottDemocrat1853
11Robert Henry GuinnDemocrat1853
12William G. W. JowersDemocrat1853
13Madison G. WhitakerDemocrat1853
14James K. HollandDemocrat1853
15William C. EdwardsDemocrat1853
16Henry C. PedigoDemocrat1853
17Mark M. PotterDemocrat1851
18Cornelius McAnellyDemocrat1853
19Charles G. KeenanDemocrat1853
20James W. McDadeDemocrat1853
21Elliot McNeil MillicanDemocrat1853
22William Harrison "Howdy" MartinDemocrat1853
23James H. ArmstrongDemocrat1851
24Guy Morrison BryanDemocrat1853
25Henry Williams SublettDemocrat1853
26James T. LytleDemocrat1853
27Claiborne KyleDemocrat1853
28Edwin B. ScarboroughDemocrat1853
29James H. DurstDemocrat1853
30Antoine SupervièleDemocrat1853
31Isaiah Addison PaschalDemocrat1853
32Isaac Lafayette HillDemocrat1853
33Rufus DoaneDemocrat1851

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature. There are 73 districts at this time, 16 of them just created this session:

Senate

DistrictOutgoing
Senator		Reason for VacancySuccessorDate of Successor's Installation
District 26James T. LytleSenator Lytle died February 5, 1854-