Speaker of the House election information
| Session | Speaker | Date | Election type | Candidates on final ballotElection details | Notes |
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| 89th R.S. | Dustin Burrows | 1/14/2025 | Record Vote | Date: 1/14/2025 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Dustin Burrows (85), David Cook (55), present-not-voting (9) |
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| 88th R.S. | Dade Phelan | 1/10/2023 | Record Vote | Date: 1/10/2023 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Dade Phelan (145), Tony Tinderhold (3), present-not voting (2) |
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| 87th R.S. | Dade Phelan | 1/12/2021 | Record Vote | Date: 1/12/2021 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Dade Phelan: yeas (143), nays (2), present-not voting (0) |
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| 86th R.S. | Dennis Bonnen | 1/8/2019 | Record Vote | Date: 1/8/2019 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Dennis Bonnen: yeas (147), nays (0), present-not voting (0) |
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| 85th R.S. | Joe Straus | 1/10/2017 | Record Vote | Date: 1/10/2017 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Joe Straus: yeas (150), nays (0), present-not voting (0) |
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| 84th R.S. | Joe Straus | 1/13/2015 | Record Vote | Date: 1/13/2015 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Joe Straus (127), Scott Turner (19) |
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| 83rd R.S. | Joe Straus | 1/8/2013 | Acclamation | Date: 1/8/2013 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Joe Straus |
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| 82nd R.S. | Joe Straus | 1/11/2011 | Record Vote | Date: 1/11/2011 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Joe Straus: yeas (132), nays (15), present-not voting (2) |
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| 81st R.S. | Joe Straus | 1/13/2009 | Acclamation | Date: 1/13/2009 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Joe Straus |
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| 80th R.S. | Tom Craddick | 1/9/2007 | Record Vote | Date: 1/9/2007 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Tom Craddick: yeas(121), nays(27), present-not voting(0) |
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| 79th R.S. | Tom Craddick | 1/18/2005 | Record Vote | Date: 1/18/2005 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Tom Craddick: yeas (142), nays (4), present-not voting (1) |
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| 78th R.S. | Tom Craddick | 1/14/2003 | Record Vote | Date: 1/14/2003 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Tom Craddick; yeas (149), nays (1) |
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| 77th R.S. | James E. "Pete" Laney | 1/9/2001 | Acclamation | Date: 1/9/2001 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: James E. "Pete" Laney |
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| 76th R.S. | James E. "Pete" Laney | 1/12/1999 | Acclamation | Date: 1/12/1999 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: James E. "Pete" Laney |
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| 75th R.S. | James E. "Pete" Laney | 1/14/1997 | Acclamation | Date: 1/14/1997 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: James E. "Pete" Laney |
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| 74th R.S. | James E. "Pete" Laney | 1/10/1995 | Acclamation | Date: 1/10/1995 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: James E. "Pete" Laney |
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| 73rd R.S. | James E. "Pete" Laney | 1/12/1993 | Acclamation | Date: 1/12/1993 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: James E. "Pete" Laney |
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| 72nd R.S. | Gib Lewis | 1/8/1991 | Record Vote | Date: 1/8/1991 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (146), nays (1), present-not voting (2) |
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| 71st R.S. | Gib Lewis | 1/10/1989 | Record Vote | Date: 1/10/1989 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (149), nays (0), present-not voting (1) |
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| 70th R.S. | Gib Lewis | 1/13/1987 | Acclamation | Date: 1/13/1987 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Gibson D. Lewis |
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| 69th R.S. | Gib Lewis | 1/8/1985 | Acclamation | Date: 1/8/1985 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Gibson D. Lewis |
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| 68th R.S. | Gib Lewis | 1/11/1983 | Record Vote | Date: 1/11/1983 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (144), nays (2), present- not voting (2) |
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| 67th R.S. | Bill Clayton | 1/13/1981 | Record Vote | Date: 1/13/1981 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Bill Clayton; yeas (120), nays (21), not voting (8) |
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| 66th R.S. | Bill Clayton | 1/9/1979 | Record Vote | Date: 1/9/1979 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Bill Clayton; yeas (137), nays (8), not voting (4) |
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| 65th R.S. | Bill Clayton | 1/11/1977 | Acclamation | Date: 1/11/1977 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Bill Clayton |
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| 64th R.S. | Bill Clayton | 1/14/1975 | Record Vote | Date: 1/14/1975 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Bill Clayton (112), Carl Parker (33), present-not voting (3) |
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| 63rd R.S. | Price Daniel, Jr. | 1/9/1973 | Motion | Date: 1/9/1973 Election type: Motion Candidates on final ballot: Price Daniel, Sr.; present-not-voting (5) |
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| 62nd 2nd C.S. | Rayford Price | 3/28/1972 | Record Vote | Date: 3/28/1972 Election type: Record Vote Candidates on final ballot: Rayford Price (77), L.DeWitt Hale (65). |
Resignation letter of Gus Mutscher, dated 3/27/72 and effective upon the election of his successor, was laid before the House on 3/28/72. James L. Slider appointed to call the House to order by Gus Mutscher in his letter resigning as Speaker upon the election of his successor. |
| 62nd R.S. | Gus Mutscher | 1/12/1971 | Acclamation | Date: 1/12/1971 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: G.F. Mutscher |
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| 61st R.S. | Gus Mutscher | 1/14/1969 | Acclamation | Date: 1/14/1969 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: G.F. Mutscher |
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| 60th R.S. | Ben Barnes | 1/10/1967 | Acclamation | Date: 1/10/1967 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Ben Barnes |
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| 59th R.S. | Ben Barnes | 1/12/1965 | Acclamation | Date: 1/12/1965 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Ben Barnes |
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| 58th R.S. | Byron M. Tunnell | 1/8/1963 | Secret ballot | Date: 1/8/1963 Election type: Secret ballot Candidates on final ballot: Byron M. Tunnell (141), John C. Alaniz (9) |
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| 57th R.S. | James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman | 1/10/1961 | Secret ballot | Date: 1/10/1961 Election type: Secret ballot Candidates on final ballot: James A. Turman (83), Wade F. Spilman (66) |
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| 56th R.S. | Waggoner Carr | 1/13/1959 | Secret ballot | Date: 1/13/1959 Election type: Secret ballot Candidates on final ballot: Waggoner Carr (79), Joe Burkett, Jr. (71) |
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| 55th R.S. | Waggoner Carr | 1/8/1957 | Acclamation | Date: 1/8/1957 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Waggoner Carr |
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| 54th R.S. | Jim T. Lindsey | 1/11/1955 | Acclamation | Date: 1/11/1955 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Jim Lindsey |
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| 53rd R.S. | Reuben E. Senterfitt | 1/13/1953 | Acclamation | Date: 1/13/1953 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Reuben E. Senterfitt |
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| 52nd R.S. | Reuben E. Senterfitt | 1/9/1951 | Acclamation | Date: 1/9/1951 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Reuben E. Senterfitt |
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| 51st R.S. | Durwood Manford | 1/11/1949 | Secret, Acclamation | Date: 1/11/1949 Election type: Secret, Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Durwood Manford, Joe M. Kilgore; while the vote was being counted, Kilgore moved that Manford be elected by acclamation; motion prevailed unanimously; motion prevailed to destroy all ballots cast |
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| 50th R.S. | William Otey Reed | 1/14/1947 | Acclamation | Date: 1/14/1947 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: W.O. Reed |
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| 49th R.S. | Claud Henry Gilmer | 1/9/1945 | Acclamation | Date: 1/9/1945 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Claud Gilmer |
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| 48th R.S. | Price Daniel | 1/12/1943 | Acclamation | Date: 1/12/1943 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Price Daniel, Sr. |
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| 47th R.S. | Homer LaKirby Leonard | 1/14/1941 | Acclamation | Date: 1/14/1941 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Homer Leonard |
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| 46th R.S. | Robert Emmett Morse | 1/10/1939 | Acclamation | Date: 1/10/1939 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: R. Emmett Morse |
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| 45th R.S. | Robert Wilburn Calvert | 1/12/1937 | Acclamation | Date: 1/12/1937 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Robert W. Calvert |
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| 44th R.S. | Coke R. Stevenson | 1/8/1935 | Secret, Acclamation | Date: 1/8/1935 Election type: Secret, Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Coke R. Stevenson (80), Robert W. Calvert (68); the vote being cast and counted, Calvert moved that the Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed |
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| 43rd R.S. | Coke R. Stevenson | 1/10/1933 | Secret, Acclamation | Date: 1/10/1933 Election type: Secret, Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Coke R. Stevenson (82), A.P. Johnson (68); the vote being cast and counted, Johnson moved that the temporary Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed. |
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| 42nd R.S. | Fred Hawthorne Minor | 1/13/1931 | Acclamation | Date: 1/13/1931 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Fred. H. Minor |
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| 41st R.S. | Wingate Stuart Barron | 1/8/1929 | Secret, Acclamation | Date: 1/8/1929 Election type: Secret, Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: W.S. Barron (87), W.R. Montgomery (59); the vote being deposited and counted, Montgomery moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Barron |
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| 40th R.S. | Robert Lee Bobbitt | 1/11/1927 | Acclamation | Date: 1/11/1927 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: R.L. Bobbitt |
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| 39th R.S. | Lee Satterwhite | 1/13/1925 | Secret | Date: 1/13/1925 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Lee Satterwhite (78), T.K. Irwin (57), J.W. Hall (10); Satterwhite having been declared the winner by the Secretary of State, Irwin moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Satterwhite |
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| 38th R.S. | Richard Ernest Seagler | 1/9/1923 | Secret | Date: 1/9/1923 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: R.E. Seagler (127), Lewis T. Carpenter (19); Seagler having been declared the winner, Carpenter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Seagler |
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| 37th R.S. | Charles Graham Thomas | 1/11/1921 | Secret | Date: 1/11/1921 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Chas G. Thomas (134) |
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| 36th R.S. | Robert Ewing Thomason | 1/14/1919 | Secret | Date: 1/14/1919 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: R.E. Thomason (134) |
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| 35th R.S. | Franklin Oliver Fuller | 1/9/1917 | Secret | Date: 1/9/1917 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: F.O. Fuller (140) |
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| 34th R.S. | John William Woods | 1/12/1915 | Secret | Date: 1/12/1915 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: John B. Woods (72), Newt B. Williams (57), H.B. Savage (10); Woods having been declared the winner, Williams moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Woods. |
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| 33rd R.S. | Chester Hunter Terrell | 1/14/1913 | Secret | Date: 1/14/1913 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Chester H. Terrell (87), W.C. McKamy (51), J.C. Hunt (1); Terrell having been declared the winner, McKamy moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Terrell. |
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| 32nd R.S. | Sam Rayburn | 1/10/1911 | Secret | Date: 1/10/1911 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Sam Rayburn (70), C.E. Gilmore (63); Rayburn having been declared the winner, Gilmore moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Rayburn. |
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| 31st 1st C.S. | John Wesley Marshall | 3/15/1909 | Secret | Date: 3/15/1909 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: John Marshall (104), A.M. Kennedy (2), Sam Rayburn (4), John A. Mobley (1). |
Austin Kennedy called the session to order then resigned his position as Speaker of the House. |
| 31st R.S. | Austin Milton Kennedy | 1/12/1909 | Secret | Date: 1/12/1909 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: A. M. Kennedy (69), John A. Mobley (63); prior to the counting of the ballots, Mobley successfully moved that Kennedy be unanimously elected speaker. |
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| 30th R.S. | Thomas Bell Love | 1/8/1907 | Secret | Date: 1/8/1907 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Thos B. Love (87); H.B. Terrell (45) |
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| 29th R.S. | Francis William Seabury | 1/10/1905 | Secret | Date: 1/10/1905 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: F. W. Seabury (126) |
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| 28th R.S. | Pat M. Neff | 1/13/1903 | Secret | Date: 1/13/1903 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Pat Neff (73), L.S. Schluter (57); Neff having been declared the winner, Schluter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Neff. |
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| 27th R.S. | Robert Emmett Prince | 1/8/1901 | Secret | Date: 1/8/1901 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Prince (125) |
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| 26th R.S. | James Stevens Sherrill | 1/10/1899 | Secret | Date: 1/10/1899 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Sherrill (70), Bailey (54); Sherrill having been declared the winner, Bailey moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Sherrill. |
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| 25th R.S. | L. Travis Dashiell | 1/12/1897 | Secret | Date: 1/12/1897 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Dashiell (120), Burney (8); Dashiell having been elected, Burney moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Dashiell. |
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| 24th R.S. | Thomas Slater Smith | 1/8/1895 | Secret | Date: 1/8/1895 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Smith (102), Floyd (22); Smith having been elected, Floyd moved that the entire vote of the house be cast for Smith. |
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| 23rd R.S. | John Hughes Cochran | 1/10/1893 | Secret | Date: 1/10/1893 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Cochran (63), Gosset (35), Wilson (20) |
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| 22nd R.S. | Robert Teague Milner | 1/13/1891 | Secret | Date: 1/13/1891 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Milner (53), Browning (50) |
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| 21st R.S. | Franklin Pierce Alexander | 1/8/1889 | Secret | Date: 1/8/1889 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Alexander (103) |
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| 20th R.S. | George Cassety Pendleton | 1/11/1887 | Secret | Date: 1/11/1887 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Pendleton (103) |
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| 19th R.S. | Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | 1/13/1885 | Secret | Date: 1/13/1885 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Foster (56), Upton (49) |
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| 18th R.S. | Charles Reese Gibson | 1/9/1883 | Secret | Date: 1/9/1883 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: C. R. Gibson (64), W.F. Upton (33) |
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| 17th R.S. | George Robertson Reeves | 1/11/1881 | Secret | Date: 1/11/1881 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: George Reeves (50), George Finlay (35), Hill (1) |
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| 16th R.S. | John Hughes Cochran | 1/14/1879 | Secret | Date: 1/14/1879 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Dan Cochran (57), Guy Bryan (26), M.D.K. Taylor (4), Smith of Harris (1) |
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| 15th R.S. | Thomas Reuben Bonner | 4/18/1876 | Secret | Date: 4/18/1876 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: T.R. Bonner (45), D.U. Barziza (43) |
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| 14th R.S. | Guy Morrison Bryan | 1/13/1874 | Secret | Date: 1/13/1874 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Guy M. Bryan (75), B.H. Epperson (2) |
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| 13th R.S. | Marion DeKalb Taylor | 1/14/1873 | Secret | Date: 1/14/1873 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: M.D.K. Taylor (67), W.A. Ellett (10) |
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| 12th R.S. | William Henry Sinclair | 5/10/1871 | Date: 5/10/1871 Election type: Candidates on final ballot: William Henry Sinclair (42); L.B. Camp (12); B.F. Williams (10); A. Dorris (3); Other (5) |
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| 12th R.S. | Ira Hobart Evans | 1/10/1871 | Acclamation | Date: 1/10/1871 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Ira H. Evans |
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| 12th Provisional | Ira Hobart Evans | 2/10/1870 | Acclamation | Date: 2/10/1870 Election type: Acclamation Candidates on final ballot: Ira H. Evans |
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| 11th R.S. | Nathaniel Macon Burford | 8/7/1866 | Secret | Date: 8/7/1866 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: N.M. Burford (39), Smith (30) |
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| 10th R.S. | Marion DeKalb Taylor | 11/3/1863 | Secret | Date: 11/3/1863 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: M.D.K. Taylor (45), Buckley(18) |
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| 9th 1st C.S. | Constantine W. Buckley | 2/5/1863 | Secret | Date: 2/5/1863 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: C.W. Buckley (54), Flewellen (5), Smith (1) |
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| 9th R.S. | Nicholas Henry Darnell | 12/7/1861 | Date: 12/7/1861 Election type: Candidates on final ballot: Nicolas Henry Darnell |
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| 9th R.S. | Constantine W. Buckley | 11/4/1861 | Date: 11/4/1861 Election type: Candidates on final ballot: C.W. Buckley |
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| 8th R.S. | Marion DeKalb Taylor | 11/7/1859 | Secret | Date: 11/7/1859 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: M.D.K. Taylor (42), Darnell ( 33) |
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| 7th R.S. | Matthew F. Locke | 1/18/1858 | Secret | Date: 1/18/1858 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Matthew Fielding Locke (39), Dennis (14), Brown (13), blank (1) |
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| 7th R.S. | Willliam S. Taylor | 11/2/1857 | Secret | Date: 11/2/1857 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: William S. Taylor |
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| 6th R.S. | Hamilton Prioleau Bee | 11/5/1855 | Secret | Date: 11/5/1855 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: H.P. Bee (78), N.B. Charlton (1), Kittrell (1), Blank (1) |
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| 5th R.S. | Hardin Richard Runnels | 11/7/1853 | Secret | Date: 11/7/1853 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: H.R. Runnels (41), William Fields (37), Blank (1) |
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| 4th R.S. | David Catchings Dickson | 11/3/1851 | Secret | Date: 11/3/1851 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Dickson (30), Runnels (27) |
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| 3rd R.S. | Charles G. Keenan | 11/5/1849 | Secret | Date: 11/5/1849 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Keenan (27), Tarrant (16) |
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| 2nd R.S. | James W. Henderson | 12/13/1847 | Secret | Date: 12/13/1847 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: J.W. Henderson (34), M.B. Lamar (24) |
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| 1st R.S. | Stephen William Perkins | 5/11/1846 | Secret | Date: 5/11/1846 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Stephen Perkins (42), John Brown (1), Edward Clark (2), Benjamin Gooch (1), Volney Howard (1), blank (1) |
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| 1st R.S. | William Howard Bourland | 5/1/1846 | Secret | Date: 5/1/1846 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: William H. Bourland (48), Echols (1), Darnell (1), Tankersly (2), Smith(1), blank (1) |
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| 1st R.S. | William Edmond Crump | 3/16/1846 | Secret | Date: 3/16/1846 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: W.E. Crump (42), Edward Branch (14), Edward Clark (1), Benjamin Gooch (1) |
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| 1st R.S. | Edward Thomas Branch | 3/9/1846 | Secret | Date: 3/9/1846 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: Edward Branch (31), Edward Clark (21), blank (1) |
Resigned as Speaker of the House March 16, 1846 upon the return to Austin of William Crump. |
| 1st R.S. | John 'Red' Brown | 3/3/1846 | Secret | Date: 3/3/1846 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: John Brown (32), William H. Bourland (23), none (1) |
Elected Speaker pro tem on March 3, 1846. Resigned March 9, 1846. Upon his resignation, the House decided that the office of Speaker was vacant at the time of the election, and that therefore, the election of John Brown on March 3, 1846 constituted him Speaker of the House. |
| 1st R.S. | William Edmond Crump | 2/16/1846 | Secret | Date: 2/16/1846 Election type: Secret Candidates on final ballot: W.E. Crump (27), E.T. Branch (8), J.W. Rose (7) |
William Crump was granted a leave of absence on March 3, 1846, and John Brown was elected Speaker pro tem. On March 9. 1846, the House decided that, by granting a leave of absence to William Crump, the office of Speaker was vacated. |
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