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  2. Texas State Capitol - Wikipedia

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    The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.

  3. Congress of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    On July 23, 1836, interim President David G. Burnet, pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, ordered that an election for Congress take place in Columbia on the first Monday in September 1836. As part of the same proclamation, Burnet mandated that the 1st Congress of the Republic of Texas convene on October 3, 1836, also at ...

  4. List of legislatures by number of members - Wikipedia

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    Country Legislature Type Lower house [1] Upper house [1] Lower house to upper house ratio Total Population [2] Population/ Lower house seats Population/ Total seats China National People's Congress

  5. List of legislative buildings - Wikipedia

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    The Parliament of Canada's upper and lower houses are housed in Centre Block, the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex. In 2019, the House of Commons was temporarily relocated to the complex's West Block and the Senate to the Senate of Canada Building, to accommodate the rehabilitation of Centre Block, which began in the same ...

  6. Texas Legislature - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives . The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin .

  7. List of Texas state legislatures - Wikipedia

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    5th Texas Legislature: 1853 6th Texas Legislature: 1855 7th Texas Legislature: 1857 8th Texas Legislature: 1859 [2] 1861 Texas Constitution of 1861 [citation needed] 9th Texas Legislature: 1861 10th Texas Legislature: 1863 Texas Constitution of 1866: 11th Texas Legislature: 1866 Texas Constitution of 1869: 12th Texas Legislature: 1870 13th ...

  8. Government of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Austin is the capital of Texas. The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but is faced in Texas pink granite and is topped by a statue of the "Goddess of Liberty" holding aloft a five-point Texas star. The capitol is also notable for purposely being built seven feet taller than the U.S. national capitol. [1]

  9. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The population of Texas continued to grow rapidly throughout the 20th century, becoming the second-largest state in population in the United States by 1994. Also during the 20th century, the state continued to become economically highly diversified, with a growing economic base in emerging technologies in the 21st century.