3rd Texas Legislature

The 3rd Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1849 to December 3, 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849.

Sessions

3rd Regular session: November 5, 1849 – February 11, 18503rd First called session: August 12, 1850 – September 6, 18503rd Second called session: November 18, 1850 – December 3, 1850

Officers

Senate

; Lieutenant Governor: John Alexander Greer, Democrat
; President pro tempore: Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives

; Speaker of the House : Charles G. Keenan, Democrat

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature:

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Matthias Ward	Democrat	1849
2	Albert Hamilton Latimer	Democrat	1849
3	Hart Hardin	Democrat	1849
4	Albert Gallitan Walker	Democrat	1849
4	Samuel R. Campbell	Democrat	1850
5	David Gage	Democrat	1847
6	James F. Taylor	Democrat	1849
7	Alfred M. Truitt	Democrat	1849
8	John H. McRae	Democrat	1847
9	John H. Moffitt	Democrat	1849
10	Isaac Parker	Democrat	1847
11	John B. Jones	Democrat	1849
11	Elisha Marshall Pease	Democrat	1849
12	Isaac Wright Brashear	Democrat	1846
13	Jesse Grimes	Democrat	1846
14	Jerome Bonaparte "Polly" Robertson	Democrat	1849
15	Wilds K. Cooke	Democrat	1849
16	Edward Burleson	Democrat	1846
17	David Young Portis	Democrat	1849
18	Alexander H. Phillips	Democrat	1846
19	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Democrat	1846
20	David Campbell Van Derlip	Democrat	1849
21	Henry Clay Davis	Democrat	1849
22	Benjamin Rush Wallace	Democrat	1846

House of Representatives

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

District	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties represented
1	Burrell Perry Smith		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Red River
2	Hardin Richard Runnels		November 5, 1849	November 21, 1850	Bowie, Red River
3	James S. Gillet		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Lamar
4	Alfred Elkins Pace		November 5, 1849	September 7, 1850	Fannin
4	Vacant		September 7, 1850	November 18, 1850	Fannin
4	Harrison G. Hendricks		November 18, 1850	November 3, 1851	Fannin
5	William M. Williams		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Fannin, Lamar
[Texas's 6th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 6\|6]	Samuel Bogart		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Collin, Grayson
7	William M. Cochran		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Dallas, Denton
8	Johnson Wren		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Hopkins, Hunt
[Texas's 9th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 9\|9]	Joshua F. Johnson		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Titus
10	Marion DeKalb Taylor		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Cass
[Texas's 11th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 11\|11]	Jeremiah M. Clough		November 5, 1849	September 6, 1850	Harrison
11	Vacant		September 6, 1850	November 18, 1850	Harrison
11	Louis Trezevant Wigfall		November 18, 1850	November 3, 1851	Harrison
[Texas's 12th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 12\|12]	John H. McNairy		November 5, 1849	July 22, 1850	Harrison, Upshur
12	Vacant		July 22, 1850	November 18, 1850	Harrison, Upshur
12	Joseph Taylor		November 18, 1850	November 3, 1851	Harrison, Upshur
[Texas's 13th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 13\|13]	Emory Lloyd		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Rusk
[Texas's 14th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 14\|14]	James K. Holland		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Panola, Rusk
[Texas's 15th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 15\|15]	Elisha Everett Lott		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Henderson, Smith
[Texas's 16th House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 16\|16]	Benjamin F. Selman		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Cherokee
17	William N. Hardeman		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Nacogdoches
18	William G. W. Jowers		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Anderson, Houston
19	Nicholas Adolphus Sterne		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches
20	John Polk Jr.		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	San Augustine
[Texas's 21st House of Representatives district\|Texas Senate, District 21\|21]	Josiah M. Smith		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Shelby
22	Edgar A. Whittlesey		November 5, 1849	July 14, 1850	Newton, Sabine
22	Vacant		July 14, 1850	August 16, 1850	Newton, Sabine
22	Joshua H. Speights		August 16, 1850	November 3, 1851	Newton, Sabine
23	Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Jasper, Jefferson, Tyler
24	William Fields		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Liberty, Polk
25	Benjamin Cromwell Franklin		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Galveston
25	Thomas Freeman McKinney		November 21, 1849	November 3, 1851	Galveston
26	J. M. Reynolds		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Harris
26	John Shea		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Harris
26	James W. Scott		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Harris
27	Guy Morrison Bryan		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Brazoria, Fort Bend
28	David Catchings Dickson		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Grimes, Montgomery
29	Charles Gradison Keenan		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Walker
'30	Elliott M. Millican		November 5, 1849	July 15, 1850	Brazos, Leon, Robertson
'30	Vacant		July 15, 1850	November 18, 1850	Brazos, Leon, Robertson
'30	John Patrick		November 18, 1850	November 3, 1851	Brazos, Leon, Robertson
31	Edward H. Tarrant		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Limestone, Navarro
32	James Charles Wilson		November 5, 1849	October 15, 1850	Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton
32	Vacant		October 15, 1850	November 18, 1850	Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton
32	Clark L. Owen		November 18, 1850	November 3, 1851	Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton
33	William Edmund Crump		November 5, 1849	October 13, 1850	Austin, Colorado
33	Vacant		October 13, 1850	November 18, 1850	Austin, Colorado
33	Zimri Hunt		November 18, 1850	November 3, 1851	Austin, Colorado
34	William J. Russell		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Fayette
35	Benjamin E. Tarver		November 5, 1849	July 21, 1850	Washington
35	Vacant		July 21, 1850	August 12, 1850	Washington
35	James E. Shepard		August 12, 1850	November 3, 1851	Washington
35	James G. Sheppard		August 12, 1850	November 3, 1851	Washington
36	James Shaw		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Bastrop, Burleson
37	George E. Burney		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Milam, Williamson
38	Thomas M. Hardeman		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Caldwell, Hays, Travis
39	Darwin M. Stapp		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria
40	William H. Stewart		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe
41	William G. Crump		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Bexar
41	Henry M. Lewis		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Bexar
42	Reuben E. Clements		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Cameron, Nueces, Starr, Webb
43	Hamilton Prioleau Bee		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Cameron, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb
44	Edward H. Winfield		November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Cameron, Starr, Webb

Membership Changes

Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 4	Albert G. Walker	Senator Walker resigned March 30, 1850	Samuel R. Campbell	August 12, 1850
District 6	James F. Taylor	Senator Taylor resigned October 5, 1850.	James F. Taylor	November 18, 1850
District 11	John B. Jones	In an election contest, Elisha M. Pease unseated Senator Jones on November 9, 1849.	Elisha M. Pease	November 9, 1849

Campbell was elected in a special election on July 22, 1850.
After his resignation, Taylor was reelected in a special election.