Tenth Texas Legislature

The Tenth Texas Legislature met from 2 November 1863 to 15 November 1864 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 1863.

Sessions

• 10th Regular session: 2 November–16 December 1863
• 10th First called session: 9–28 May 1864
• 10th Second called session: 17 October–15 November 1864

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor

Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale

President pro tempore

Robert Henry Guinn, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House 

M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat

Members

Members of the Tenth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, 2 November 1863:

Senate

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Rufus K. Hartley	Democrat	1861
2	Napolean B. Charlton	Democrat	1863
3	Henry M. Kinsey	Democrat	1863
4	Spearman Holland	Democrat	1863
5	Jesse H. Parsons	Democrat	1859
6	Stephen W. Beasley	Democrat	1861
7	John W. Moore	Democrat	1861
8	Gilbert H. Wootten	Democrat	1863
9	Rice Maxey	Democrat	1862
10	Robert Henry Guinn	Democrat	1853
11	William G. W. Jowers	Democrat	1863 (First time: 1853–1855)
12	Benjamin T. Selman	Democrat	1861
13	Jefferson Weatherford	Democrat	1861 (First time: 1853–1857)
14	James B. Davis	Democrat	1863
15	James W. Throckmorton	Democrat	1863 (First time: 1857–1861)
16	A. N. Jordan	Democrat	1861
17	David Catchings Dickson	Democrat	1861
18	John W. Durant	Democrat	1861
19	Thomas C. Neal	Democrat	1863
20	William Quayle	Democrat	1863
21	Daniel Montague	Democrat	1863
22	John T. Harcourt	Democrat	1861
23	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Democrat	1857
24	Samuel Addison White	Democrat	1863 (First time: 1855–1857)
25	Spencer Ford	Democrat	1863
26	A. W. Moore	Democrat	1863
27	John A. Heiskell	Democrat	1863
28	George E. Burney	Democrat	1863
29	Pryor Lea	Democrat	1861
30	N. A. Mitchell	Democrat	1861
31	A. O. Cooley	Democrat	1863
32	Edward R. Hord	Democrat	1863 (First time: 1855–1857)
33	James Wiley Magoffin	Democrat	1863

House of Representatives

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• Marmion Henry Bowers
• John Thomas Brady
• Constantine W. Buckley
• Stephen Heard Darden
• Alfred Wesley De Berry
• George Washington Glasscock
• John Summerfield Griffith
• James Washington Guinn
• Hays
• John Leal Haynes
• Edward R. Hord
• William Hamilton Ledbetter
• Marshall
• James G. McDonald
• McGuire
• William Mynatt Peck
• Davis M. Prendergast
• John H. Prince
• LaFayette Robinson, District 57, Cameron, Milam County
• Hermann Seele
• William R. Shannon, Democrat
• Slaughter
• Simpson
• M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat
• Orville Thomas Tyler
• Way

Membership changes

Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 3	Henry M. Kinsey	Kinsey’s death was announced on 10 February 1865	None
District 19	Thomas C. Neal	Neal died 13 September 1863	William C. Wilson	5 November 1863
District 19	William C. Wilson	Wilson resigned 23 April 1864	William Mynatt Peck	17 May 1864
District 25	Spencer Ford	Ford resigned 2 June 1865	None
District 26	A. W. Moore	Moore resigned 1 May 1865	None
District 30	N. A. Mitchell	Mitchell died after the end of the regular session	William B. Knox	9 May 1864

• ^ District 30: Knox was elected in special election held 25 April 1864.

House of Representatives

District	Outgoing Representative	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 42	John H. Prince	Prince died 18 April 1864	William R. Shannon	after 4 May 1864

• ^ District 42: Shannon was elected in special election held 4 May 1864.

External links

• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
• Legislative Reference Library