The 15th Texas Legislature met from April 18 to August 21, 1876, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1875.
Sessions
edit- 15th Regular session: April 18 – August 21, 1876
Party summary
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Officers
editSenate
edit- Lieutenant Governor
- Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr., Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Wells Thompson, Democrat
House of Representatives
edit- Speaker of the House
- Thomas Reuben Bonner, Democrat
Members
editMembers of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, April 18, 1876:
Senate
editHouse of Representatives
edit- Robert D. Allison
- Benjamin M. Baker
- Decimus et Ultimus Barziza
- Thomas Reuben Bonner
- John Hughes Cochran
- Nicholas Henry Darnell
- Thomas Mason Dennis
- Caleb Jackson Garrison
- John Summerfield Griffith
- William H. Holland
- Alexander Horton
- William W. Lang
- Norton Moses
- George Pickett
- Meshack Roberts
- William Long Rogers
- Henry Sneed
- Elias Charles Stuart
- Thomas Towles
- John Quitman Wall
- Allen W. Wilder[1]
- Charles Louis Wurzbach
Logan Henderson McCorkle, Sulphur Springs
^ Representative Wilder won a closely contested election, but House Democrats contended that some votes were illegal and seated his Democratic opponent instead.
Membership changes
edit| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 16 | Tillman Smith | Smith resigned November 19, 1876. | James R. Burnett | January 14, 1879[2] |
| District 28 | William Henry Crain | Crain resigned August 20, 1877. | Ellsberry R. Lane | January 14, 1879[3] |
- [4] Sworn in at the beginning of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature.