19th Texas Legislature explained

The 19th Texas Legislature met from January 13 to March 31, 1885 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1884 General Election.

Sessions

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
  • Barnett Gibbs, Democrat
    President pro tempore
  • William R. Shannon, Democrat, Regular session
  • Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore, Democrat, ad interim

    House of Representatives

    Speaker of the House
  • Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, Democrat

    Members

    Members of the Nineteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 13, 1885:

    Senate

    DistrictSenatorPartyTook office
    1William L. Douglass1885
    2Caleb Jackson Garrison1885
    3William Henry PopeDemocrat1883
    4John A. Peacock1883
    5Samuel D. Stinson1885
    6John Lafayette Camp, Jr.1885
    7Constantine Buckley "Buck" KilgoreDemocrat1885
    8Mansel Y. Randolph1883
    9James W. Jones1883
    10W. M. Jerdone1885
    11John Woods1885
    12Hermann Knittel1885
    13John P. Fowler1883
    14James S. Perry1883
    15Lochlin Johnson Farrar1883
    16J. O. Terrell1885
    17John Johnson1883
    18William O. Davis1882
    19Temple Lea Houston1885
    20William R. ShannonDemocrat1879 (Prior: 1865–1867)
    21William H. Getzendaner1883
    22Richard H. Harrison1885
    23Charles Keith Bell1885
    24George Washington Glasscock, Jr.1885
    25George Pfeuffer1883
    26Rudolph Kleberg1883
    27E. F. Hall1885
    28Augustus W. HoustonDemocrat1879
    29James Henry Calhoun1885
    30John Henry Traylor1883
    31William A. Evans1883

    House of Representatives

    Members of the House of Representatives for the Nineteenth Texas Legislature:

    Membership Changes

    Senate

    DistrictOutgoing
    senator
    Reason for vacancySuccessorDate of successor's installation
    District 7Constantine Buckley "Buck" KilgoreKilgore resigned October 23, 1886 to seek election to the Fiftieth United States CongressVacant
    District 25George PfeufferPfeuffer died September 15, 1886Vacant
    District 26Rudolph KlebergKleberg resigned September 9, 1886Vacant
    District 27E. F. HallHall died April 28, 1886Vacant