Congress of the Republic of Texas

For the current Texas legislative body, see Texas Legislature.

Republic of Texas Congress
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Seats	44
Meeting place
Columbia (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1842) Washington-on-the-Brazos (1842–1845)

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.