The Ninth Texas Legislature met from 4 November 1861 to 7 March 1863 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1861.

Sessions

• 9th Regular session: 4 November 1861–14 January 1862
• 9th First called session: 2 February–7 March 1863]

Senate

Lieutenant Governor: John McClannahan Crockett

John McClannahan Crockett

John McClannahan Crockett was a Texan lawyer, mayor of Dallas, and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. A South Carolina native, Crockett moved to Texas in 1847. He became the second mayor of Dallas, and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1861–1863.-Early life:Crockett was born at Lancaster,...

President pro tempore: Robert Henry Guinn

Robert Henry Guinn

Robert Henry Guinn was a Texas politician.Guinn was a Democrat and served District 11, representing Cherokee County, Texas, in the Texas State Senate during the Fifth Texas Legislature, Sixth Texas Legislature, Seventh Texas Legislature, and Eighth Texas Legislature sessions...

, Regular session, First called session

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House : Constantine W. Buckley

Constantine W. Buckley

Constantine W. Buckley was an American politician in Texas who served two non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives between 1861 and 1863....

, Democrat, 4 November 1861–7 December 1861

Nicholas Henry Darnell

Nicholas Henry Darnell

Nicholas Henry Darnell was an American politician in Tennessee and Texas. He was the only person to serve as Speaker of the House of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives and the State of Texas House of Representatives...

, Democrat, 7 December 1861–1862

Constantine W. Buckley

Constantine W. Buckley

Constantine W. Buckley was an American politician in Texas who served two non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives between 1861 and 1863....

, Democrat, 1863

Members

Members of the Ninth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, 4 November 1861

Senate

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1 Texas Senate, District 1 District 1 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur and Wood counties and a portion of Smith county in the U.S. state of Texas...	Rufus K. Hartley	Democrat	1861
2 Texas Senate, District 2 District 2 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall and Van Zandt counties, and portions of Dallas and Smith counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 2 is Robert F...	Anderson F. Crawford	Democrat	1861
3 Texas Senate, District 3 District 3 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby and Tyler counties, and portions of Montgomery and Smith counties in the U.S. state of Texas...	M. W. Wheeler	Democrat	1861
4 Texas Senate, District 4 District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Liberty and Orange counties, and portions of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson and Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas...	Lewis F. Casey	Democrat	1861
5 Texas Senate, District 5 District 5 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves Brazos, Burleson, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas...	Jesse H. Parsons	Democrat	1861
6 Texas Senate, District 6 District 6 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 6 is Mario Gallegos, Jr. who has served since 1995.-2004:-2002:-1998:...	Matthew Fielding Locke Matthew Fielding Locke Matthew Francis Locke was an American politician in Texas. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. Locke served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in the Seventh Texas Legislature...	Democrat	1861
7 Texas Senate, District 7 District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 7 is Dan Patrick.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:-1994:...	John W. Moore	Democrat	1861
8 Texas Senate, District 8 District 8 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 8 is Florence Shapiro.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:...	William C. Batte	Democrat	1861
9 Texas Senate, District 9 District 9 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 9 is Chris Harris.-2004:-2002:-2000:...	Samuel Bell Maxey Samuel B. Maxey Samuel Bell Maxey was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas, United States. He was a Major General for the Confederacy in the Civil War and later represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.-Early life:...	Democrat	1861
10 Texas Senate, District 10 District 10 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Tarrant county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 10 is Wendy Davis.-2008:-2004:-2002:-2000:...	Robert Henry Guinn Robert Henry Guinn Robert Henry Guinn was a Texas politician.Guinn was a Democrat and served District 11, representing Cherokee County, Texas, in the Texas State Senate during the Fifth Texas Legislature, Sixth Texas Legislature, Seventh Texas Legislature, and Eighth Texas Legislature sessions...	Democrat	1861
11 Texas Senate, District 11 District 11 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 11 is Mike Jackson.-2004:-2002:-1998:...	John H. Burnett	Democrat	1861 (First time: 1853–1857)
12 Texas Senate, District 12 District 12 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 12 is Jane Nelson.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:...	Benjamin T. Selman	Democrat	1861
13 Texas Senate, District 13 District 13 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Fort Bend and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 13 is Rodney Ellis.-2006:-2002:-1998:-1994:...	Jefferson Weatherford	Democrat	1861
14 Texas Senate, District 14 District 14 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Travis county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 14 is Kirk Watson.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:-1994:...	John F. Crawford	Democrat	1863
15 Texas Senate, District 15 District 15 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 15 is John Whitmire.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:...	J. J. Dickson	Democrat	1857
16 Texas Senate, District 16 District 16 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Dallas county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 16 is John J. Carona.-2008:-2004:-2004:-2002:-1998:...	A. N. Jordan	Democrat	1861
17 Texas Senate, District 17 District 17 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Senator Kyle Janek announced his resignation on May 29, 2008. Governor Rick Perry called for a special...	Anthony Martin Branch Anthony Martin Branch Anthony Martin Branch was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.-Biography:Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, and later moved to Texas...	Democrat	1861
18 Texas Senate, District 18 District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton counties and a western portion of Fort Bend...	John W. Durant	Democrat	1861
19 Texas Senate, District 19 District 19 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward and Winkler counties, and portions...	John Boyd	Democrat	1863
20 Texas Senate, District 20 District 20 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brooks, Jim Wells and Nueces counties and a portion of Hidalgo county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 20 is Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa.-2004:...	Alfred T. Obenchain	Democrat	1863
21 Texas Senate, District 21 District 21 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties and a portion of Bexar county in the U.S. state of Texas...	Robert H. Graham	Democrat	1853
22 Texas Senate, District 22 District 22 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro and Somervell counties in the U.S. state of Texas...	John T. Harcourt	Democrat	1861
23 Texas Senate, District 23 District 23 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Dallas county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 23 is Royce West.-2004:-2002:-1998:-1994:-1992:...	Chauncey Berkeley Shepard	Democrat	1861
24 Texas Senate, District 24 District 24 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, San Saba and Taylor counties in the U.S. state of Texas...	George Preston Finlay	Democrat	1861
25 Texas Senate, District 25 District 25 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Kendall counties, and portions of Bexar and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas...	Stephen Heard Darden Stephen Heard Darden Stephen Heard Darden was a prominent Texas politician who served in the Texas Senate and then as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War...	Democrat	1861
26 Texas Senate, District 26 District 26 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Bexar county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 26 is Leticia R. Van de Putte.-2004:-2002:-2000:...	Nathan George Shelley	Democrat	1861
27 Texas Senate, District 27 District 27 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties and a portion of Hidalgo county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 27 is Eddie Lucio, Jr.....	John N. Houston	Democrat	1859
28 Texas Senate, District 28 District 28 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Coke, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent,...	George Bernard Erath	Democrat	1863 (First time: 1855–1857)
29 Texas Senate, District 29 District 29 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of El Paso county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 29 is Eliot Shapleigh.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:...	Pryor Lea Pryor Lea Pryor Lea was a two-term U.S. Representative from Tennessee.Lea was born in Knox County, Tennessee. He studied at the former Greeneville College and then studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1817 and practicing in Knoxville. He had previously served in the Creek War of 1813...	Democrat	1861
30 Texas Senate, District 30 District 30 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise and Young counties, and portions of Collin and Denton counties in the U.S....	N. A. Mitchell	Democrat	1863
31 Texas Senate, District 31 District 31 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Howard, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Martin, Midland, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts,...	Erastus Reed	Democrat	1861
32 Texas Senate, District 32 District 32 of the Texas Senate is an obsolete Senate District. Prior to the 1876 Texas Constitution there had been as many as 33 Senate Districts. District 32 was only active from the Fifth Texas Legislature through the Eleventh Texas Legislature....	Edwin B. Scarborough	Democrat	1853
33 Texas Senate, District 33 District 33 of the Texas Senate is an obsolete Senate District. Prior to the 1876 Texas Constitution there had been as many as 33 Senate Districts. District 33 was only active from the Fifth Texas Legislature through the Eleventh Texas Legislature....	Henry C. Cook	Democrat	1861

House of Representatives

• George H. Bagby
• Constantine W. Buckley
  Constantine W. Buckley
  Constantine W. Buckley was an American politician in Texas who served two non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives between 1861 and 1863....
  
  
• Horace Cone
• Nicholas Henry Darnell
  Nicholas Henry Darnell
  Nicholas Henry Darnell was an American politician in Tennessee and Texas. He was the only person to serve as Speaker of the House of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives and the State of Texas House of Representatives...
  
  
• Robert Turner Flewellen
• Sterling Brown Hendricks
• Alfred Marmaduke Hobby
  Alfred Marmaduke Hobby
  Alfred Marmaduke Hobby was a famous Texas merchant, politician, Confederate officer, and poet. He was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1836, the son of Martin and Anna Elizabeth Hobby. Hobby's nephew is William P. Hobby, governor of Texas from 1917 to 1921. His grandnephew William P...
  
  
• James K. Holland
• Spearman Holland
• Samuel A. Maverick
  Samuel Maverick
  Samuel Augustus Maverick was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence...
  
  
• James G. McDonald
• José Ángel Navarro
• John Smith
• James D. Woods
• William Amos Wortham

Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
2	Anderson F. Crawford	Crawford resigned before 2 February 1863.	James W. Andres	2 February 1863
6	Matthew Fielding Locke Matthew Fielding Locke Matthew Francis Locke was an American politician in Texas. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. Locke served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives in the Seventh Texas Legislature...	Locke resigned before 16 December 1861.	Stephen W. Beasley	16 December 1861
9	Samuel Bell Maxey Samuel B. Maxey Samuel Bell Maxey was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas, United States. He was a Major General for the Confederacy in the Civil War and later represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.-Early life:...	Samuel B. Maxey joined the Confederate States Army Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...  and did not return to serve in the legislature.	Rice Maxey	after 4 August 1862
11	John H. Burnett	Burnett resigned before 2 February 1863.	Leroy W. Cooper	2 February 1863
14	John F. Crawford	Crawford resigned 21 September 1863.	James B. Davis	after 24 October 1863
15	J. J. Dixon	Dixon resigned before 2 February 1863.	William D. Lair	2 February 1863
17	Anthony Martin Branch Anthony Martin Branch Anthony Martin Branch was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.-Biography:Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, and later moved to Texas...	Senator Branch resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the... .	David Catchings Dickson David Catchings Dickson David Catchings Dickson was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas and as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. He was also a State Senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Texas....	2 February 1863
20	Alfred T. Obenchain	Obenchain resigned 15 February 1862	William Quayle	3 February 1863
24	George Preston Finlay	Finlay resigned before 2 February 1863.	Samuel Addison White	2 February 1863
25	Stephen Heard Darden Stephen Heard Darden Stephen Heard Darden was a prominent Texas politician who served in the Texas Senate and then as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War...	Darden resigned before 2 February 1863.	Spencer Ford Spencer Ford Spencer Ford is a professional lacrosse player who plays for the Washington Bayhawks of the Major League Lacrosse. The Lizards acquired Spencer Ford from the LA Riptide for the 5th overall pick in the 2000 Collegiate Draft....	2 February 1863
26	Nathan George Shelley	Shelley resigned 1 April 1862.	A. W. Moore	2 February 1863
28	George Bernard Erath	Erath resigned before 2 February 1863.	George E. Burney	2 February 1863
32	Edwin B. Scarborough	Scarborough was murdered on 7 October 1862.	Edward R. Hord	11 February 1863

House of Representatives

District	Outgoing Representative	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Unknown	Nicholas Henry Darnell Nicholas Henry Darnell Nicholas Henry Darnell was an American politician in Tennessee and Texas. He was the only person to serve as Speaker of the House of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives and the State of Texas House of Representatives...	Representative Darnell resigned in 1862 to serve in the Confederate States Army Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the... .	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown	Alfred Marmaduke Hobby Alfred Marmaduke Hobby Alfred Marmaduke Hobby was a famous Texas merchant, politician, Confederate officer, and poet. He was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1836, the son of Martin and Anna Elizabeth Hobby. Hobby's nephew is William P. Hobby, governor of Texas from 1917 to 1921. His grandnephew William P...	Representative Hobby in 1861 to serve in the Confederate States Army Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the... .	Unknown	Unknown
Unknown	William Amos Wortham	Representative Wortham resigned in 1861 to serve in the Confederate States Army Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the... .	Unknown	Unknown