The Third Texas Legislature met from 5 November 1849 to 3 December 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849.

Sessions

• 3rd Regular session: 5 November 1849–11 February 1850
• 3rd First called session: 12 August 1850–6 September 1850
• 3rd Second called session: 18 November 1850–3 December 1850

Senate

Lieutenant Governor: John Alexander Greer

John Alexander Greer

John Alexander Greer was a Texan politician, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Texas.Greer was born at Shelbyville, Tennessee on July 18, 1802. He was in Kentucky before moving to Texas in 1830. He represented San Augustine as a senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas from...

, Democrat
President pro tempore: Edward Burleson

Edward Burleson

Edward Burleson was a soldier, general, and statesman in the state of Missouri, the Republic of Texas, and later the U.S. state of Texas....

, Democrat

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature:

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...	Matthias Ward Matthias Ward Matthias Ward was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.Born in Elbert County, Georgia, Ward was raised in Alabama. In 1836 he settled in Bowie, Texas, moving to Clarksville, Texas in 1845 and later to Jefferson, Texas.Ward served in the Congress of the Republic of Texas and later in the...	Democrat	1849
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...	Albert Hamilton Latimer	Democrat	1849
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...	Hart Hardin	Democrat	1849
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...	Albert G. Walker	Democrat	1849
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...	David Gage	Democrat	1847
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:...	James F. Taylor	Democrat	1849
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:...	Alfred M. Truitt	Democrat	1849
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:...	John H. McRae	Democrat	1847
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:...	John H. Moffitt	Democrat	1849
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:...	Isaac Parker	Democrat	1847
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 B. Jones	Democrat	1849
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:...	Isaac W. Brashear	Democrat	1846
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:...	Jesse Grimes Jesse Grimes Jesse Grimes was a Texas pioneer and politician. Before moving to Texas, he fought in the War of 1812. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. He served as Senator in the Republic of Texas Congress and in the Texas State Legislature. Grimes County was named in his honor...	Democrat	1846
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:...	Jerome Bonaparte “Polly” Robertson	Democrat	1849
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:...	Wilds K. Cooke	Democrat	1849
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:...	Edward Burleson Edward Burleson Edward Burleson was a soldier, general, and statesman in the state of Missouri, the Republic of Texas, and later the U.S. state of Texas....	Democrat	1846
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...	David Y. Portis	Democrat	1849
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...	Alexander H. Phillips	Democrat	1846
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...	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Democrat	1846
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:...	David C. Van Derlip	Democrat	1849
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...	H. Clay Davis	Democrat	1849
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...	Benjamin Rush Wallace	Democrat	1846

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Third Texas Legislature:

• Hamilton P. Bee
  Hamilton P. Bee
  Hamilton Prioleau Bee was an American politician in early Texas who served one term as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and later was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War....
  
  
• Sam Bogart, Collin County
• Guy M. Bryan
  Guy M. Bryan
  Guy Morrison Bryan was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Herculaneum, Missouri, Bryan moved to the Mexican State of Texas in 1831 with his parents, who settled near San Felipe....
  
  , Brazoria County
• George E. Burney, Democrat
• Anthony Butler, Democrat
• Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat
• 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....
  
  , Democrat
• Napoleon B. Charlton, Liberty County
• R.E. Clements
• Jeremiah M. Clough, Harrison County
• William M. Cochran
• William E. Crump, Austin County
• William G. Crump
• David C. Dickson, Grimes County
• William Fields
  William Fields
  William Fields may refer to:* William J. Fields, U.S. Representative and Governor of Kentucky* William M. Fields, American qualitative investigator studying language, culture, and tools in non-human primates...
  
  , Liberty County
• Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
  Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
  Benjamin Cromwell Franklin was the first judicial officeholder in the Republic of Texas.Franklin was born in Georgia, and educated at Franklin College at the University of Georgia in Athens, before being admitted to the bar in 1827. In 1835, he travelled to Texas, and supported a declaration of...
  
  , Galveston County Democrat
• James S. Gillet, Lamar County
• Thomas M. Hardeman
• William N. Hardeman, Nacogdoches County
• Harrison G. Hendricks, Fannin County
• James K. Holland, Panola County Democrat
• Zimri Hunt
• Joshua Foster Johnson, Titus County Democrat
• William G. W. Jowers, Houston County Democrat
• Charles G. Keenan
  Charles G. Keenan
  Charles Gradison Keenan was a politician and physician in early statehood Texas who served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives during the Third Texas Legislature....
  
  , Democrat
• Henry M. Lewis
• Emery Lloyd, Rusk County
• Elisha E. Lott, Smith County
• Thomas F. McKinney, Galveston County
• John H. McNairy
• Elliott M. Millican, Brazos County
• Clark L. Owen
• Alfred E. Pace
• John Patrick
  John Patrick
  John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter.- Biography :Born John Patrick Goggin in Louisville, Kentucky, his parents soon abandoned him and he spent a delinquent youth in foster homes and boarding schools. At age 19, he secured a job as an announcer at KPO Radio in San Francisco,...
  
  , Brazos, Leon, and Robertson County
• John Polk, San Augustine County
• J.M. Reynolds
• Hardin R. Runnels, Bowie County
• William Jarvis Russell, Fayette County Democrat
• James W. Scott, Harris County
• Benjamin Selman, Cherokee County
• James Shaw
  James Shaw
  James Shaw was a businessman and political figure in Canada West and Ontario.He was born in New Ross, Ireland in 1798 and was educated in Dublin. He came to Upper Canada in 1820. He served as a clerk for the settlements at Lanark-on-Clyde and Perth and later served as an overseer during the...
  
  
• John Shea
  John Shea
  John Victor Shea III is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and in film. He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and also starred in the short lived 1990s TV series WIOU as Hank Zaret...
  
  , Harris County
• James G. Sheppard, Washington County
• Burrell P. Smith, Red River County
• J.M. Smith, Shelby County
• Joshua H. Speights
• Darwin M. Stapp
• Adolphus Sterne
  Adolphus Sterne
  Nicholas Adolphus Sterne served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives and one term in the Texas State Senate. He immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1817, living in Louisiana for ten years...
  
  , Nacogdoches County Democrat
• William H. Stewart
  William H. Stewart
  William H. Stewart was an American pediatrician and epidemiologist. He was appointed tenth Surgeon General of the United States from 1965 to 1969.-Early years:Stewart was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
  
  
• Edward H. Tarrant, Navarro County
• Benjamin E. Tarver, Washington County Democrat
• Joseph Taylor
  Joseph Taylor
  Joseph Taylor may refer to:* Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. , American astrophysicist* Joseph C. Taylor, American baseball player* Joseph D. Taylor , U.S...
  
  
• Marion D. K. Taylor, Cass County Democrat
• Wiliiam M. Whittlesey
• Louis T. Wigfall, Harrison County
• James C. Wilson
• William M. “Buckskin” Williams, Red River County Democrat
• James Charles Wilson
  James Charles Wilson
  James Charles Wilson was an early settler of Texas and later a state legislator.Wilson was born in Yorkshire, England on August 24, 1816. He emigrated to the Republic of Texas in 1837....
  
  , Democrat
• William M. “Buckskin” Williams, Red River County
• Edward H. Winfield, Cameron County Democrat
• Johnson Wren, Hopkins County

Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 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...	Albert G. Walker	Senator Walker resigned 30 March 1850	Samuel R. Campbell	12 August 1850
District 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:...	James F. Taylor	Senator Taylor resigned 5 October 1850.	James F. Taylor	18 November 1850
District 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 B. Jones	In an election contest, Elisha M. Pease Elisha M. Pease Elisha Marshall Pease was a U.S. politician from the 1830s through the 1870s. He served as the fifth and 13th Governor of Texas .A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835...  unseated Senator Jones on 9 November 1849.	Elisha M. Pease Elisha M. Pease Elisha Marshall Pease was a U.S. politician from the 1830s through the 1870s. He served as the fifth and 13th Governor of Texas .A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835...	9 November 1849

Campbell was elected in a special election on 22 July 1850. After his resignation, Taylor was reelected in a special election.