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
Officers
Senate
; Lieutenant Governor; President ''pro tempore''
House of Representatives
; Speaker of the HouseMembers
Members of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 14, 1879:House of Representatives
- Benjamin M. Baker
- Thomas Beck
- William Bell
- Guy Morrison Bryan
- William Clemens
- John Hughes Cochran
- James N. English
- R. J. Evans
- George Finlay
- Jacob E. Freeman
- Samuel Frost
- Caleb Jackson Garrison
- Charles Reese Gibson
- Bedford G. Guy
- William Kercheval Homan
- Elias Mayes
- George Pickett
- Joseph Benjamin Polley
- Alonzo Sledge
- Ashbel Smith
- Felix Ezell Smith
- M. D. K. Taylor
- Robert H. Taylor
- Benjamin Franklin Williams
- Charles Louis Wurzbach
Membership Changes
| District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
| District 1 | Edwin Hobby | Hobby resigned July 10, 1879. | Vacant | |
| District 2 | Peyton Forbes Edwards | resigned December 4, 1871. | Vacant | |
| District 15 | Thomas J. McCulloch | McCulloch resigned September 3, 1879. | Vacant | |
| District 16 | James R. Burnett | Burnett resigned October 9, 1879. | John T. Buchanan | after February 17, 1880 |
| District 19 | Andrew Phelps McCormick | McCormick resigned April 12, 1879. | Robert Gould Street | June 10, 1879 |
| District 20 | William Kercheval Homan | Homan resigned July 9, 1879. | William Kercheval Homan | after February 17, 1880 |
| District 29 | John Salmon "Rip" Ford | Ford resigned August 30, 1879. | Vacant |