A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . he opposing candidates, and the gentlemen above namedwere elected to the Supreme Court. On August 9, the legislature met, and the new State officerswere installed. O. M. Roberts and David G. Burnet wereelected United States Senators from Texas ; and in the electionheld in the fall of 1866, members of Congress from the State tothe Thirty-ninth Congress, then in session, and to the FortiethCongress, were chosen. The members elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress were George W. Chilton, B. H. Epperson, Branch, and C. C. Herber
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . he opposing candidates, and the gentlemen above namedwere elected to the Supreme Court. On August 9, the legislature met, and the new State officerswere installed. O. M. Roberts and David G. Burnet wereelected United States Senators from Texas ; and in the electionheld in the fall of 1866, members of Congress from the State tothe Thirty-ninth Congress, then in session, and to the FortiethCongress, were chosen. The members elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress were George W. Chilton, B. H. Epperson, Branch, and C. C. Herbert, from the four districts in theorder named ; and the same gentlemen were also elected to theFortieth Congress, except George W. Chilton, in whose steadJames M. Burroughs was chosen. The legislature passed quite a number of needed laws for the Acts of theprotection of the frontier against Indians and to restore the pros- ^^^ ^^^^perity of the State. The people were hopeful and industrious. Peace andthe government moved smoothly, and nothing was wanting to P°*^^. Throckmorton. Lind- Senators andRepresenta-tives in Con-gress elected,1866 o/ 76 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. TKRion VII. Recon-struction 1865 TO1874 Disturbingelements inthe country Carpet-baggers and Scalawags Texas refusedrepresentationin Congress Use of themilitary Governor Throckmorton removed E. M. Pease,governor SupremeCourt make Texas again a thriving State in the Union, except theremoval of the United States soldiers and the admission of herSenators and Representatives in Congress. But neither of theseevents happened. The new order of things did not suit theRepublican party. The country was full of soldiers and Northernj)oliticians who came with the army, and their influence was acontinual source of trouble between the recently emancipatednegroes and their former masters. The old Union men of Texas,who had opposed Secession and claimed to be the truly loyalcitizens, were very much dissatisfied to see the gove
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