The 20th Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887, in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888, in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 general election.
Affiliation | Members | Note |
---|---|---|
Democratic Party | 91 | |
Republican Party | 2 | |
People's Party | 1 | |
Total | 94 |
^ Source material was unclear in which order the two Presidents pro tempore served.
Members of the Twentieth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, January 11, 1887:
District | Senator | Party | Took office |
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1 | William L. Douglass | 1885 | |
2 | Caleb Jackson Garrison | Democrat | 1885 |
3 | William Henry Pope | Democrat | 1883 |
4 | William Thomas Armistead | Democrat | 1887 |
5 | Samuel D. Stinson | 1885 | |
6 | John Lafayette Camp, Jr. | 1885 | |
7 | Alexander White Gregg | 1887 | |
8 | William W. Davis | 1887 | |
9 | Leonard Anderson Abercrombie | Democrat | 1887 |
10 | John M. Claiborne | 1887 | |
11 | John Woods | Democrat | 1885 |
12 | Hermann Knittel | 1885 | |
13 | Jonathan Lane | Democrat | 1887 |
14 | Scott Field | 1887 | |
15 | Eldred James Simkins | 1887 | |
16 | J. O. Terrell | Democrat | 1885 |
17 | William Allen | 1887 | |
18 | Elbridge G. Douglass | 1887 | |
19 | Temple Lea Houston | Democrat | 1885 |
20 | James Jones Jarvis | Democrat | 1887 |
21 | Samuel C. Upshaw | 1887 | |
22 | Richard H. Harrison | 1885 | |
23 | Charles Keith Bell | 1885 | |
24 | George Washington Glasscock, Jr. | Democrat | 1885 |
25 | William Henry Burges | Democrat | 1887 (Prior: 1881–1883) |
26 | William H. Woodward | 1887 | |
27 | Francis E. MacManus | 1887 | |
28 | Robert Hance Burney | 1887 | |
29 | James Henry Calhoun | 1885 | |
30 | Louis N. Frank | 1887 | |
31 | Henry D. McDonald | 1887 |
^ Source material was unclear in which order the representatives served or if they served concurrently.
District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
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District 22 | Richard H. Harrison | Harrison resigned April 20, 1887. | Waller Saunders Baker[14] | April 16, 1888 |
District | Outgoing Representative | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
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District 45 | John Humphreys | Representative Humphreys resigned after end of regular session (April 4, 1887). | Joel W. Booth[15] | April 16, 1888 |
District 46 | James Jarrott | Representative Jarrott resigned between sessions. | None | |
District 64 | Benjamin Rush Plumley | Representative Plumley died on December 9, 1887. | Guy Morrison Bryan | May 2, 1888 |
District 81 | John H. Clark | Representative Clark resigned on June 4, 1888. | None | |
District 86 | David Robinson | Representative Robinson resigned after end of First called session (May 15, 1888). | None |