21st Texas Legislature explained

The 21st Texas Legislature met from January 8 to April 6, 1889, in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1888 general election.

Sessions

Party summary

House of Representatives

AffiliationMembersNote
bgcolor=#DDEEFF Democratic Partybgcolor=#DDEEFF align="center" 90bgcolor=#DDEEFF
bgcolor=#FFE8E8 Republican Partybgcolor=#FFE8E8 align="center" 3bgcolor=#FFE8E8
Independent1
Total94

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Twenty-first Texas Legislature:

House of Representatives

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

DistrictRepresentativeCityCountyPartyTook Office
align=center 1Jerome SwinfordOrangeOrangealign=center DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
align=center 2Travis Spraggin CochranColitaPolkalign=center DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
align=center 3Henry R. RalphLewis FerryJasperalign=center DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
align=center 4James Linn CrosslandDouglassNacogdochesalign=center DemocratJanuary 8, 1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
align=center 5John P. ChildersSan AugustineSan Augustinealign=center DemocratJanuary 8, 1889
align=center 6Robert Teague MilnerHendersonRuskalign=center DemocratJanuary 11, 1887
align=center 7J. Ras JonesPinehillPanolaalign=center DemocratJanuary 13, 1885
align=center 8George Alexander NewtonMount SelmanCherokeealign=center DemocratJanuary 11, 1887 (prior: 1883–1885)
align=center 9Joseph Addison JohnsonBethelAndersonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 10Joseph Blakey BishopAthensHendersonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 11Abram Dallas MartinPittsburgCampalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 12Benjamin Green SelmanTylerSmithalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 13William Filmore MurchisonAugaHoustonalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1895–1897)
align=center 14Alexander J. PopeMarshallHarrisonalign=center Democrat1887
align=center 15Louis P. WilsonMarshallHarrisonalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1883–1885)
align=center 16Lucius Adolphus WhatleyAtlantaCassalign=center Democrat1887
17James Dudley CarwileAtlantaCassalign=center Democrat1889
Blair McGeeNew BostonBowiealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 18Albert S. BaileyDetroitRed Riveralign=center Democrat1889
align=center 19William Joseph JohnsonMount PleasantTitusalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 20Mordecai James HathawayParisLamaralign=center Democrat1889
align=center 21William Jordan HoodSavoyFanninalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 22Thomas Henry HayesParisLamaralign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1874–1876)
align=center 23George Jefferson WoodruffRacetrackDeltaalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 24John McCullough MelsonPicktonHopkinsalign=center Democrat1887
align=center 25Frank P. AlexanderGreenvilleHuntalign=center Democrat1885
align=center 26Thomas Jefferson TowlesCantonVan Zandtalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1876–1879)
27John Haywood TolbertHoweGraysonalign=center Democrat1887
Thomas Jefferson BrownShermanGraysonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 28Robert Donaldson AllisonMcKinneyCollinalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1876–1879, 1884–1885)
align=center 29Joseph Warren JagoeDentonDentonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 30James William CampbellGainesvilleCookealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 31Jesse Craft MurrellCoesfieldCookealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 32Alvin Clark OwsleyDentonDentonalign=center Democrat1889
33Jesse Munroe StrongDallasDallasalign=center Democrat1887
James Franklin RowlandRichardsonDallasalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 34Isaac Duke ParkerBirdvilleTarrantalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 35James W. CraytonFateRockwallalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 36Andrew Jackson BrownAlvaradoJohnsonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 37William Lee WoodPalmerEllisalign=center Democrat1887
align=center 38James McCullough WilsonWhitneyHillalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 39Samuel Romulus FrostCorsicanaNavarroalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
40William McGaugheyGranburyHoodalign=center Democrat1885
Jesse JenkinsMeridianBosquealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 41John Alexander HudsonMarmadukeWisealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 42Charles Ulrich ConnelleeEastlandEastlandalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 43Alfred TolarAbileneTayloralign=center Democrat1889
align=center 44Rufus Burrow LankfordBowieMontaguealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 45George Bibb PickettDecaturWisealign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1874–1881)
align=center 46Albert StevensonWeatherfordParkeralign=center Democrat1889
align=center 47James Eldrage DillardKaufmanKaufmanalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 48Alexander AsberryCalvertRobertsonalign=center Republican1889
align=center 49William Ambrose Sevier CobbRogers PrairieLeonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 50Elias MayesBryanBrazosalign=center Republican1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
align=center 51Henry Lee LewisHearneRobertsonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 52William Leonidas CampbellAndersonGrimesalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 53James Wesson ParkerRichmondFort Bendalign=center Democrat1887
54James A. BreedingHoustonHarrisalign=center Democrat1889
William Wyatt DawsonTrinityTrinityalign=center Democrat1889
William Perry McCombMontgomeryMontgomeryalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 55James Wright CookMooresvilleFallsalign=center Independent1889
align=center 56Benjamin Josephus RoopTempleBellalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 57James Madison McKinneyJones PrairieMilamalign=center Democrat1885
align=center 58James Isom MoodyMexiaLimestonealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 59George Walton WhiteDewFreestonealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 60Jehu BrownKerensNavarroalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 61Seth Phineas MillsSpeeglevilleMcLennanalign=center Democrat1887 (prior: 1879–1881)
align=center 62William Abraham KincaidGroesbeckLimestonealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 63Crocket McDonald KingLeon JunctionCoryellalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 64Guy Morrison BryanGalvestonGalvestonalign=center Democrat1888 (prior: 1847–1853, 1874–1876, 1879–1881)
align=center 65Walter GreshamGalvestonGalvestonalign=center Democrat1887
align=center 66Richard Henry Douglass Sorrell IIWhartonWhartonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 67Ibzan William MiddlebrookColumbusColoradoalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 68Robert Watson ThompsonNelsonvilleAustinalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 69James Franklin OvertonHackberryLavacaalign=center Democrat1889
70James Foster McGuireLedbetterFayettealign=center Democrat1887
Charles B. WelhausenFlatoniaFayettealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 71Myers FelderChappell HillWashingtonalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 72Jacob A. FieldsGiddingsLeealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 73James Madison RenickLexingtonLeealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 74James M. RobinsonRed RockBastropalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1883–1887)
75Felix Ezell SmithBluff SpringsTravisalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1874–1876, 1879–1881, 1883–1887)
William Robert HambyAustinTravisalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 76Norton MosesStricklingBurnetalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1876–1879)
align=center 77Martin McFerrin HancockGoldthwaiteBrownalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 78James Henry FaubionLeanderWilliamsonalign=center Democrat1885
align=center 79Simeon WhittedBowser BendSan Sabaalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 80George Bush StevensonEl PasoEl Pasoalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 81Blucher ErskineDerbyFrioalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 82Wilbur McDonaldStockdaleWilsonalign=center Democrat1889
83Thomas W. KennedyRio Grande CityStarralign=center Democrat1885
Albert UrbahnLaredoWebbalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 84William A. WilliamsonJunction CityKimblealign=center Democrat1889
align=center 85John J. RhodesMillettLa Sallealign=center Democrat1889
86David Crawford RobinsonSan AntonioBexaralign=center Democrat1887
William Frederick MillerConverseBexaralign=center Democrat1889
87Edward LeGrand DunlapVictoriaVictoriaalign=center Democrat1889
Vachel WeldonCueroDeWittalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 88Robert Byron RentfroBrownsvilleCameronalign=center Republican1889
align=center 89William ClemensNew BraunfelsComalalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1879–1881)
align=center 90James William PeeblesLeesvilleGonzalesalign=center Democrat1889
91Jacob Lewis EllisonMartindaleCaldwellalign=center Democrat1887
George McGeheeSan MarcosHaysalign=center Democrat1887
align=center 92William HamblenHoustonHarrisalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 93Richard Butt LevyLongviewGreggalign=center Democrat1889
align=center 94Joseph Wesley HumphreyPointRainsalign=center Democrat1889 (prior: 1885–1887)

These are multimember or flotorial districts.

Membership Changes

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