Speakers of the House of Representatives

                                             

Republic of Texas

Name

Term

Burial

Ira Ingram

1836-1837

Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas

Branch Tanner Archer

1837

Restwood Memorial Park, Clute, Brazoria County, Texas

Joseph Rowe

1838

Unknown

John M. Hansford

1838-1839

Unknown

David Spangler Kaufman

1840-1841

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Kenneth Lewis Anderson

1841-1842

Fanthorp Family Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas

Nicholas Henry Darnell

1842-1843

Pioneer Park Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Richardson A. Scurry

1843-1844

Hempstead Cemetery, Hempstead, Waller County, Texas

First Speaker of the Republic and State of Texas

John M. Lewis

1844-1846

Lewis Plantation Cemetery, Willis, Montgomery County, Texas

Speakers of the State of Texas

William E. Crump

1846

Unknown Cemetery; Died in Bellville on January 3, 1889

John Brown

1846

Unknown; Believed to have died in 1852

Edward Thomas Branch

1846

Branch Family Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty County, Texas

William E. Crump

1846

Unknown Cemetery; Died in Bellville on January 3, 1889

William H. Bourland

1846

Unknown; Died on April 2, 1860, while living in the Chickasaw Nation

Stephen W. Perkins

1846

Jonesboro, Coryell County, Texas (possibly in Jonesboro Cemetery)

James Wilson Henderson

1847

Unknown Cemetery, Died in Houston, Harris County, Texas on August 30, 1880

Charles Grandison Keenan

1849

Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas

David Catchings Dickson

1851

Family Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas

Hardin Richard Runnels

1853

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Hamilton Prioleau Bee

1855

Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

William S. Taylor

1857

Unkown Cemetery, Larissa, Cherokee County, Texas

Matt Fielding Locke

1858

Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Marion DeKalb Taylor

1859

Taylor Family Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas

Constatine W. Buckley

1861

Unknown; but, possibly in Richmond, Ft. Bend County, Texas

Nicholas Henry Darnell

1861

Pioneer Park Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Constantine W. Buckley

1863

Unknown; but, possibly in Richmond, Ft. Bend County, Texas

Marion DeKalb Taylor

1863

Taylor Family Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas

Nathaniel Macon Burford

1866

Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Ira Hobart Evans

1870

Berlin Corners Cemetery, Berlin Corners, Washington County, Vermont

William Henry Sinclair

1871

Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas

Marion DeKalb Taylor

1873

Taylor Family Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas

Guy Morrison Bryan

1874

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Thomas Reuben Bonner

1876

Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas

John Huges Cochran

1879

Decker Cemetery, Decker (Sweetwater), Nolan County, Texas

George Robertson Reeves

1881

Georgetown Cemetery, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas

Charles Reese Gibson

1883

Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas

Lafayette Lumpkin Foster

1885

Texas A&M Campus, College Station, Brazos County, Texas

George Cassety Pendleton

1887

Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Belton County, Texas

Frank P. Alexander

1889

Unknown

Robert Teague Milner

1891

Old City Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas

John Hughes Cochran

1893

Decker Cemetery, Decker (Sweetwater), Nolan County, Texas

Thomas Slater Smith

1895

Unknown Cemetery, Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas

L. Travis Dashiell

1897

Jewett Cemetery, Jewett, Leon County, Texas

James S. Sherill

1899

Unknown, but lived in Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1930

Robert E. Prince

1901

Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas

Pat Morris Neff

1903

Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Francis William Seabury

1905

Unknown, but lived in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas in 1930

Thomas Bell Love

1907

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Austin Milton Kennedy

1909

Unknown Cemetery, died in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas

John Wesley Marshall

1909

possibly in West Hill Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas

Sam Taliaferro Rayburn

1911

Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas

Chester H. Terrell

1913

Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

John William Woods

1915

Unknown

Franklin Oliver Fuller

1917

Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas

Robert Ewing Thomason

1919

Restlawn Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Charles Graham Thomas

1921

Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, Denton County, Texas

Richard Ernest Seagler

1923

Unknown

Robert Lee Satterwhite

1925

Unknown

Robert Lee Bobbitt

1927

Unknown

Wingate Stuart Barron

1929

Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas

Fred Hawthorne Minor

1931

Roselawn Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas

Coke Robert Stevenson

1933

Family Cemetery, Telegraph, Kimble County, Texas

Robert Wilburn Calvert

1937

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Robert Emmett Morse

1939

Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Homer Lakerby Leonard

1941

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Marion Price Daniel, Sr.

1943

Family Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty County, Texas

Claud Henry Gilmer

1945

Unknown

William Otey Reed

1947

Unknown

Thomas Durwood Manford, Jr.

1949

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Reuben E. Senterfitt

1951

Living

Jim T. Lindsey

1955

Living

Vincent Waggoner Carr

1957

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

James A. Turman

1961

Living

Byron M. Tunnell

1963

Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Ben Frank Barnes

1965-1967

Living

Gus Franklin Mutscher

1969-1972

Living

William Rayford Price

1972-1973

Living

Marion Price Daniel, Jr.

1973-1975

Family Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty County, Texas

Bill "Billy" Wayne Clayton

1975-1983

Living

Gibson "Gib" Donald Lewis

1983-1993

Living

James "Pete" E. Laney

1993-2003

Living

Thomas "Tom" Russell Craddick

2003-present

Living

Compiled and Researched by: Stephanie S. Sorensen, Historian, Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas. 

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