The 5th Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853, to February 13, 1854, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853.
Sessions
5th Regular session: November 7, 1853 – February 13, 1854
Party summary
Officers
Senate
Lieutenant Governor David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
President pro tempore M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat, Regular session
House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
Members
Senate
Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature:
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature. There are 73 districts at this time, 16 of them just created this session:
John David German Adrian
Hamilton P. Bee
William H. Bourland, Democrat
George E. Burney
Horace Cone
David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County
Bird Holland
John Byler Mallard
Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat, William Menefee Emory Rains James Reily Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat Moses Fisk Roberts Gustav Schleicher Charles William Tait Robert H. Taylor Amasa Turner George Washington Whitmore Wesley Clark Walker, Democrat