title: Eleventh Texas Legislature
text: # Eleventh Texas Legislature
  
  The Eleventh Texas Legislature met from August 6, 1866, to November 13, 1866, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1865.
  
  ## Sessions
  
  * 11th Regular session: August 6–November 13, 1866
  
  ## Officers
  
  ### Senate
  
  **Lieutenant Governor**
  
  
      George Washington Jones
  
  **President pro tempore**
  
  
      Robert Henry Guinn, Democrat
  
  ^ Jones was removed from office in July 1867 by General Phillip H. Sheridan. The office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant until 1870. Robert Henry Guinn served as acting Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of the term.
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  **Speaker of the House**
  
  
      Nathaniel Macon Burford, Unionist
  
  ## Members
  
  Members of the Eleventh Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, August 6, 1866:
  
  ### Senate
  
  | District | Senator | Party | Took office |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Frederick F. Foscue | | 1865 |
  | 2 | William M. Neyland | | 1865 |
  | 3 | James W. Guinn | | 1865 |
  | 4 | James A. Truitt | Democrat | 1865 (Previous: 1851–1853, 1855–1859) |
  | 5 | John G. Brown | | 1865 |
  | 6 | C. C. Coppedge | | 1865 |
  | 7 | William P. Saufley | | 1865 |
  | 8 | Samuel N. Braswell | | 1865 |
  | 9 | Hudson W. Nelson | | 1865 |
  | 10 | Robert Henry Guinn | Democrat | 1853 |
  | 11 | William G. W. Jowers | Democrat | 1863 (Previous: 1853–1855) |
  | 12 | Benjamin T. Selman | Democrat | 1861 |
  | 13 | J. K. P. Record | | 1865 |
  | 14 | Robert H. Lane | | 1865 |
  | 15 | John K. Bumpass | | 1865 |
  | 16 | Abram Morris Gentry | Democrat | 1865 (Previous: 1859–1861) |
  | 17 | Benton Randolph | | 1865 |
  | 18 | James B. Boyd | | 1865 |
  | 19 | John C. Yarbro | | 1865 |
  | 20 | William R. Shannon | Democrat | 1865 |
  | 21 | J. M. Blount | | 1865 |
  | 22 | Richard V. Cook | | 1865 |
  | 23 | James W. McDade | | 1865 |
  | 24 | Jacob B. Reid | | 1865 |
  | 25 | James W. Stell | | 1865 |
  | 26 | Nathan George Shelley | Democrat | 1865 (Previous: 1861–1863) |
  | 27 | William Cornelius Dalrymple | Democrat | 1865 |
  | 28 | George E. Burney | Democrat | 1863 |
  | 29 | John T. Littleton | | 1865 |
  | 30 | William B. Knox | Democrat | 1864 |
  | 31 | A. O. Cooley | Democrat | 1863 |
  | 32 | Francis J. Parker | | 1865 |
  | 33 | Henry Warren | | 1865 |
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives of the Eleventh Texas Legislature serving from 1866 to 1870:
  
  | Representative | District | County |
  | - | - | - |
  | George F. Alford | 11 | Trinity |
  | William R. Anderson | 8 | Angelina |
  | John Franklin Armstrong | 61 | Coryell |
  | Robert A. Atkinson | 64 | Gonzales |
  | James M. Baker | 62 | DeWitt |
  | D.C. Barmore | 68 | Burnet |
  | Flavius Josepheus Barrett | 46 | Wise |
  | Joshua Runey Beauchamp | 57 | Milam |
  | R.H. Bellamy | 14 | Panola |
  | Reading Wood Black | 72 | Uvalde |
  | Thomas William Blount | 5 | San Augustine |
  | Thomas Reuben Bonner | 12 | Cherokee |
  | L.D. Bradley | 40 | Freestone |
  | John Thomas Brady | 36 | Harris |
  | Nathaniel Macon Burford | 44 | Dallas |
  | Edward Chambers | 32 | Collin |
  | Juan Chaves | 71 | Bexar |
  | Archelaus Cochran | 44 | Dallas |
  | Nehemiah Cochran | 48 | Austin |
  | M.W. Damron | 59 | Bell |
  | William C. Daniel | 12 | Cherokee |
  | Wickliffe Dashiell | 27 | Kaufman |
  | D.H. Davis | 23 | Lamar |
  | Alonzo Alphmer DeAvelon | 76 | Nueces |
  | George Washington Diamond | 13 | Rusk |
  | Randolph Doom | 4 | Jasper |
  | Middleton Dunn | 65 | Guadalupe |
  | J.A. Durand | 71 | Bexar |
  | Bruno Durst | 39 | Leon |
  | W.E. Estes | 20 | Bowie |
  | Samuel Evans | 43 | Tarrant |
  | Samuel Thompson Foster | 70 | Live Oak |
  | Gregorio N. García | 77 | El Paso |
  | Robert Garrett | 15 | Harrison |
  | Robert Gaston | 17 | Smith |
  | Jabez Giddings | 51 | Washington |
  | Jesse Martin Glasco | 21 | Upshur |
  | George Washington Glasscock | 56 | Travis |
  | Charles Grayson | 7 | Nacogdoches |
  | Edward Jeremiah Gurley | 60 | McLennan |
  | Francis DeLaVaux Hallonquist | 21 | Upshur |
  | George Duncan Hancock | 55 | Travis |
  | James Hanks | 10 | Anderson |
  | Lewis Harman | 25 | Lamar |
  | William E. Hart | 19 | Titus |
  | Benjamin Hendley | 42 | Ellis |
  | Willis Holford | 31 | Grayson |
  | Warren H. Hooks | 22 | Red River |
  | Francis Charles Hume | 38 | Walker |
  | H.R. Jackson | 18 | Davis (Cass) |
  | Charles Hill Jones | 3 | Tyler |
  | Dudley William Jones | 20 | Titus |
  | C.L. Jordan | 42 | Parker |
  | William Kendall | 45 | Denton |
  | Ambrose Dudley Kent | 1 | Jefferson |
  | Lorenzo King | 24 | Hopkins |
  | Claiborne Kyle | 58 | Hays |
  | Jonathan Lewter | 17 | Smith |
  | John Lund | 75 | Starr |
  | James R. McKee | 29 | Fannin |
  | Franklin Merriman | 34 | Galveston |
  | John Moncure | 54 | Bastrop |
  | Mordello Stephen Munson | 35 | Brazoria |
  | Daniel Murchison | 66 | Comal |
  | Truman Phelps | 62 | Victoria |
  | J.T. Ratliff | 41 | Hill |
  | George Robertson Reeves | 33 | Grayson |
  | Samuel J. Richardson | 16 | Harrison |
  | Josiah Shaw | 49 | Colorado |
  | Daniel McDowell Short | 6 | Shelby |
  | Horace Simonds | 28 | Hunt |
  | Ashbel Smith | 36 | Harris |
  | Mark Stroud | 13 | Rusk |
  | William Tate | 63 | Lavaca |
  | Frederick Tegener | 67 | Kerr |
  | James Thomas | 73 | Cameron |
  | Nathan Thomas | 52 | Fayette |
  | Thomas Thompson | 74 | Hidalgo |
  | Alfred Sturgis Thurmond | 69 | Refugio |
  | A.B. Trowell | 2 | Liberty |
  | Benjamin Tyus | 40 | Limestone |
  | William Upton | 50 | Fayette |
  | J.W. Weaver | 37 | Brazos |
  | William Hillman Wheelock | 53 | Robertson |
  | Dave White | 26 | Wood |
  | William Whitsett | 30 | Fannin |
  | James Whitten | 47 | Wharton |
  | R.W. Wiley | 27 | Henderson |
  | Israel Worsham | 37 | Montgomery |
  
  ## Membership changes
  
  ### Senate
  
  | District | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | District 3 | James Washington Guinn | Guinn died August 18, 1866 | Frederick Voight | October 8, 1866 |
  | District 14 | Robert H. Lane | Lane resigned October 31, 1866 | None | |
  