Terms of Service

• Senate, 2nd ^{(1) (4) (5)} Legislature
  12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
   
  
• House, 1st ^{(2) (3)} Legislature
  2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847
   
  Speaker 5/11/1846 - 12/13/1847.

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Branch resigned as speaker 3/16, and Crump was again elected, resigning 5/1 to be succeeded the same day by Bourland, who resigned 5/11 and was succeeded by Perkins. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Crump, elected speaker 2/16/1846, on 3/3 was granted leave of absence until 3/15, and Brown was elected speaker pro tempore. Brown resigned 3/9, the House adopted a resolution declaring the office vacant since 3/3, and Branch was elected speaker. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, p. 152. Born 1809. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
• Biographical sketch, Stephen William Perkins, p. 217. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
• Stephen William Perkins, burial in Perkins Family Cemetery, Brazoria County. No grave marker photo. (Birth date 11/24/1808 in Jessamine County, Kentucky; death date 12/27/1876 in Jonesboro, Coryell County.) Find a Grave .
• PERKINS, STEPHEN WILLIAM (1808-1876). Handbook of Texas Online .
• 6th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Stephen W. Perkins. Biographical sketch. Born 1809. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
• Historical marker, Perkins Family Cemetery, West Columbia vicinity, Brazoria County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
• Mentioned, pp. 185, 187. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Committee Information

• 2nd R.S. - 1847
• Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Private Land Claims (Chair) 
• 1st R.S. - 1846
• Mail Routes (Post Routes), Select