The Second Texas Legislature met from December 13, 1847 to March 20, 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847. Sessions 2nd Regular session: December 13, 1847 – March 20, 1848 Party summary Officers Senate Lieutenant Governor John Alexander Greer, Democrat President pro tempore Edward Burleson, Democrat House of Representatives Speaker of the House James Wilson Henderson, Democrat Members Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature: Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Texas Legislature: James Armstrong John D. Anderson William H. Bourland, Democrat Jacob De Cordova Benjamin Holland Epperson Samuel G. Haynie James Wilson Henderson, Democrat Charles G. Keenan, Democrat Mirabeau B. Lamar Emory Rains, Democrat John Henninger Reagan, Democrat Thomas Jefferson Shannon Adolphus Sterne James Truitt, Democrat Membership Changes Senate References External links 2 1847 in Texas 1848 in Texas 1847 U.S. legislative sessions 1848 U.S. legislative sessions