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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Since 1846, the lieutenant governor, a statewide |
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elected official, has served as president of the Texas Senate, and |
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Albert Clinton Horton was the first person to serve the citizens of |
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Texas in that office; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Senate districts have been redefined from time |
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to time since the First Texas Legislature met in 1846, when there |
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were just 19 districts; senate membership was fixed at its present |
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total of 31 by the Constitution of 1876; and |
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WHEREAS, The first senators to serve in each of the 31 |
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districts were: |
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William M. "Buckskin" Williams, District 1; |
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Ballard C. Bagby, District 2; |
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William Thomas Scott, District 3; |
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James Lewis Hogg, District 4; |
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Benjamin Rush Wallace, District 5; |
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Jessie J. Robinson, District 6; |
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George Tyler Wood, District 7; |
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Henry J. Jewett, District 8; |
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Jesse Grimes, District 9; |
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Isaac W. Brashear, District 10; |
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Thomas Freeman McKinney, District 11; |
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John Greenville McNeil, District 12; |
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Philip Minor Cuney, District 13; |
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John F. Miller, District 14; |
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Edward Burleson, District 15; |
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Robert McAlpin Williams, District 16; |
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Alexander H. Phillips, District 17; |
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Jose Antonio Navarro, District 18; |
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Henry Lawrence Kinney, District 19; |
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David C. Van Derlip, District 20; |
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Henry Clay Davis, District 21; |
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Benjamin Rush Wallace, District 22; |
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Thomas Hinds Duggan, District 23; |
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Israel B. Bigelow, District 24; |
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Henry Lawrence Kinney, District 25; |
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Rufus Doane, District 26; |
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Claiborne Kyle, District 27; |
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Edwin Scarborough, District 28; |
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James H. Durst, District 29; |
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Antoine Superviele, District 30; and |
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Isaiah Addison Paschal, District 31; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Senate and House of Representatives |
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challenge and encourage all Texas history teachers and their |
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students to explore, discover, study, and celebrate the lives and |
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achievements of the first president of the Texas Senate and the |
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first Texas senator of their respective senate districts; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby designate the year 2010 as the Texas First Lieutenant |
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Governor and Senators Remembrance Year. |