1869 Texas Senate election

1869 Texas Senate election

November 30, 1869

All 30 seats in the Texas Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Alliance Radical Conservative Conservative
Seats won 19 9 2
Popular vote 39,451 30,471 7,729
Percentage 50.81% 39.24% 9.95%

     Republican win      Democratic win
     Independent win
     Non-district territory

Elected President Pro Tempore

Donald Campbell
Republican

The 1869 Texas Senate elections took place in tandem with the 1869 Texas gubernatorial election and the election for the ratification of a new state constitution as a part of Texas's readmission to the United States following the Civil War. Texas voters elected state senators in all 30 State Senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 12th Texas Legislature, holding staggered six-year terms. This was the first time the Republican Party had ever won a majority in the Texas Senate, and it would be the only time they would do so until 1996.