1873 Texas Senate election

1873 Texas Senate election
December 2, 1873
All 30 seats in the Texas Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Last election 15 13 2
Seats won 25 4 1
Seat change 10 9 1
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold
     Independent gain
     Non-district territory
President Pro Tempore before election

Edward B. Pickett
Democratic

Elected President Pro Tempore

John Ireland
Democratic

The 1873 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the 1873 Texas general election. Texas voters elected state senators in all 30 State Senate districts to staggered terms, although none of these term lengths would end up mattering. The winners of this election served in the 14th Texas Legislature which called a constitutional convention. This led to the passage of the 1876 Texas Constitution, dramatically restructuring the state's government, which forced all Senators to run for re-election in 1876 concurrently with the election for the ratification of the new constitution.

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