Officers of the Legislature since secession: Of the Senate-President elect, 11th Legislature, R. H. Guinn; 12th, Don Campbell, Webster Flanagan; 13th, E. B. Pickett; 14th, John Ireland; 15th, Wells Thompson. Secretaries: 10th, P. De Cordova; 11th, William Leigh Chalmers; 12th, C. M. Campbell, and C. C. Allen; 13th, William Leigh Chalmers; 14th, J. F. Beall; 15th, William Leigh Chalmers. Officers of the House-Speakers: 9th session, C. M. Buckley; 10th, M. D. K. Taylor; 11th, N. M. Burford; 12th, Ira H. Evans; 13th, M. D. K. Taylor; 14th, Guy M. Bryan; 15th, T. R Bonner. Chief Clerks: 9th Legislature, William Leigh Chalmers; 10th, J. H. Herndon; 11th, J. V. Hutchins; 12th, John G. Boyle; 13th, 14th, and 15th, W. C. Walsh. At the election held November 5th, 1878, the candidates nominated by the State Democratic Convention, which met in Austin July 16th, were elected, receiving about two-thirds of the votes cast. The other third was divided between the candidates of the Greenback and the Republican parties. The following are the officers elected: O. M. Roberts, Governor; Joseph D. Sayers, Lieutenant-Governor; S. H. Darden, Comptroller; F. R. Lubbock, Treasurer; W. C. Walsh, Land Commissioner. George McCormick, Attorney-General; George F. Moore, Chief Justice; M. H. Bonner, Associate Justice. The Congressmen elect are: John H. Reagan, (Dem.), First District; D. C. Culberson, (Dem.), Second District; Olin Wellborn, (Dem.) Third District; R. Q. Mills, (Dem.), Fourth District; George W. Jones, (Ind.), Fifth District; G. Schleicher, (Dem.), Sixth District, died in Washington. |