1st Congress of the Republic of Texas

The First Congress of the Republic of Texas, consisting of the Senate of the Republic of Texas and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, met in Columbia at two separate buildings (one for each chamber) and then in Houston at the present-day site of The Rice from October 3, 1836, to June 13, 1837, during the first year of Sam Houston's presidency.

All members of Congress were officially non-partisan. According to the Constitution of the Republic of Texas of 1836, each member of the House of Representatives was elected for a term of one year. Each county was guaranteed at least one representative.

Each Senator was elected for a three-year term to represent a district that each had a nearly equal portion of the nation's population. Each district could have no more than one Senator.

Senate

 * José Francisco Ruiz – District of Bexar
 * James Collinsworth – District of Brazoria (1st session)
 * William Green Hill – District of Brazoria (2nd session)
 * Alexander Somervell – District of Colorado and Austin counties
 * Edwin Morehouse – District of Goliad, Refugio, and San Patricio
 * Robert Wilson –District of Harrisburg and Liberty
 * Stephen H. Everitt – District of Jasper and Jefferson
 * Albert Clinton Horton – District of Matagorda, Victoria, and Jackson
 * Sterling C. Robertson – District of Milam
 * James S. Lester – District of Mina and Gonzales
 * Robert Anderson Irion – District of Nacogdoches
 * Richard Ellis – District of Red River
 * Shelby Corzine – District of San Augustine (1st session)
 * Henry William Augustine – District of San Augustine (2nd session)
 * Willis H. Landrum – District of Shelby and Sabine
 * Jesse Grimes – District of Washington

Austin County

 * Moseley Baker

Bexar County

 * Thomas Green

Brazoria County

 * Branch T. Archer, from October 4, 1836
 * John A. Wharton, from October 4, 1836

Colorado County

 * J. G. Robertson

Goliad County

 * John M. Chenoweth

Gonzales County

 * William S. Fisher

Harrisburg County

 * John W. Moore, until October 11, 1836
 * Jesse H. Cartwright, from October 11, 1836

Jackson County

 * Samuel A. White

Jasper County

 * Col. Samuel S. Lewis

Jefferson County

 * Claiborne West

Liberty County

 * Edward Thomas Branch

Mina County

 * John Wheeler Bunton
 * Jesse Billingsley

Matagorda County

 * Ira Ingram, 1st session*
 * Daniel Davis D. Baker, 2nd session

Milam County

 * Francis Marcus Weatherred, Jr., until October 31, 1836
 * Samuel Tabor Allen, from October 31, 1836

Nacogdoches County

 * John Kirby Allen
 * Haden Edwards, 1st session
 * Hayden S. Arnold, 2nd session

Refugio County

 * Elkanah Brush

Red River County

 * Mansell Walter Matthews
 * George Washington Wright
 * William Becknell, until October 13, 1836
 * Collin McKinney, from October 13, 1836

Sabine County

 * John Boyd

San Augustine County

 * William W. Holman
 * Joseph Rowe

San Patricio County

 * John Turner, until October 20, 1836
 * John Geraghty, from October 20, 1836

Shelby County

 * Richard Hooper
 * Sydney Oswald Penington

Victoria County

 * Richard Roman

Washington County

 * William Warner Hill
 * W. W. Gant, from October 21, 1836

Senate

 * Ways and Means
 * Judiciary
 * Post Office and Post Roads
 * State of the Republic
 * Military Affairs
 * Roads, Bridges, and Ferries
 * Claims and Accounts
 * Public Lands
 * Indian Affairs
 * County Boundaries
 * Naval Affairs

House of Representatives

 * Ways and Means
 * Judiciary
 * Post Office
 * State of the Republic
 * Military Affairs
 * Roads, Bridges, and Ferries
 * Claims and Accounts
 * Public Lands
 * Indian and Indian Affairs
 * County Boundaries
 * Naval Affairs
 * Foreign Relations

Senate

 * Sergeant at Arms – William King (1st session), Noah T. Byars (2nd session)
 * Clerk – Richardson A. Scurry (1st session), Arthur Robertson (2nd session)
 * Doorkeeper – Joshua Canter (1st session), Marshall Mann (2nd session)

House of Representatives

 * Sergeant at Arms – A. L. Harrison (1st session), George S. Stratton (2nd session)
 * Clerk – Willis A. Farris (1st session), William Fairfax Gray (2nd session)
 * Doorkeeper – W. T. Hendricks (1st session), Abner S. McDonald (2nd session), S. L. Johnson (2nd session)