- Second Texas Legislature
The Second Texas Legislature met from
13 December 1847 to20 March 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847.essions
* 2nd Regular session:
13 December 1847 –20 March 1848 Party summary
Officers
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; Lieutenant Governor:
John Alexander Greer , Democrat; President "pro tempore":Edward Burleson , DemocratHouse of Representatives
; Speaker of the House : James Wilson Henderson, Democrat
Members
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Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature:
* Bourland was a floating senator “conjointly” elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Texas Legislature:
* James Armstrong
*John D. Anderson
*William H. Bourland , Democrat
*Guy Morrison Bryan , Democrat
*Jacob Raphael De Cordova
*Benjamin Holland Epperson
*Samuel G. Haynie
*James Wilson Henderson , Democrat
*Charles G. Keenan , Democrat
*Mirabeau B. Lamar
*Emory Rains , Democrat
*John Henninger Reagan , Democrat
*Thomas Jefferson Shannon
*Adolphus Sterne
*James Truitt , DemocratMembership Changes
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