- For the current Texas legislative body, see Texas Legislature.
Republic of Texas Congress | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Senate House of Representatives |
| Seats | 44 |
| Meeting place | |
| Columbia (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1842) | |
The Congress of the Republic of Texas was the national legislature of the Republic of Texas established by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836. It was a bicameral legislature based on the model of the United States Congress. It was transformed into the Texas Legislature upon annexation of Texas by the United States in 1846. A vestige of it remains in the name of Austin's main north–south street leading from the State Capitol, Congress Avenue, when it was founded as the intended national capital.