Bill Text: TX SCR13 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR13-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 13 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators | ||
| Recognition Act seeks to erect historical markers in honor of | ||
| African American legislators who served the state during the 12th | ||
| through 14th Texas Legislatures; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby adopt, for the purpose of the Reconstruction Texas | ||
| Legislator Historical Marker Program, the following standardized | ||
| spellings, capitalizations, dates of birth, and counties of service | ||
| to create the historical markers detailed in the Texas Black | ||
| Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act: | ||
| ● Senator George Thompson Ruby, born July 1, 1841, died | ||
| October 31, 1882, represented Galveston, Brazoria, and Matagorda | ||
| Counties in the 12th and 13th Texas Legislatures | ||
| ● Senator Matthew Gaines, born August 4, 1840, died June 11, | ||
| 1900, represented Washington County in the 12th and 13th Texas | ||
| Legislatures | ||
| ● Senator Walter Moses Burton, born August 9, 1840, died | ||
| June 4, 1913, represented Austin, Fort Bend, and Wharton Counties | ||
| in the 14th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Mitchell Kendall, born circa 1822, died | ||
| June 20, 1885, represented Harrison County in the 12th Texas | ||
| Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Henry Moore, born circa 1810, date of death | ||
| currently unknown, represented Harrison County in the 12th and 13th | ||
| Texas Legislatures | ||
| ● Representative Richard Allen, born June 10, 1830, died | ||
| May 16, 1909, represented Harris County in the 12th and 13th Texas | ||
| Legislatures | ||
| ● Representative J. Goldstein DuPree, date of birth unknown, | ||
| died April 1872, represented Montgomery and Harris Counties in the | ||
| 12th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative John Mitchell, born April 1837, died | ||
| April 10, 1921, represented Burleson, Brazos, and Milam Counties in | ||
| the 12th and 14th Texas Legislatures | ||
| ● Representative Giles Cotton, born circa 1814, died circa | ||
| 1884, represented Robertson, Leon, and Freestone Counties in the | ||
| 12th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Sheppard "Shep" Mullens, born circa 1829, | ||
| died August 7, 1871, represented McLennan, Limestone, and Falls | ||
| Counties in the 12th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Benjamin Franklin Williams, born 1819, died | ||
| February 27, 1886, represented Lavaca and Colorado Counties in the | ||
| 12th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Meshack "Shack" Roberts, dates of birth and | ||
| death unknown, represented Harrison County in the 13th and 14th | ||
| Texas Legislatures | ||
| ● Representative Henry Phelps, born circa 1829, died 1878, | ||
| represented Galveston County in the 13th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative James H. Washington, born May 1850, died | ||
| December 23, 1916, represented Galveston County in the 13th Texas | ||
| Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Richard Williams, born circa 1822, date of | ||
| death unknown, served in the 12th and 13th Texas Legislatures | ||
| ● Representative Jeremiah J. Hamilton, born July 1838, died | ||
| circa 1904, represented Fayette and Bastrop Counties in the 12th | ||
| Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Allen W. Wilder, born circa 1845, date of | ||
| death unknown, elected to represent Washington County in the 13th | ||
| Texas Legislature, but never seated | ||
| ● Representative David Abner Sr., born 1826, died 1902, | ||
| represented Rusk and Harrison Counties in the 14th Texas | ||
| Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Edward "Ed" Brown, born circa 1840, date of | ||
| death unknown, represented Harrison and Rusk Counties in the 14th | ||
| Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Thomas Beck, born circa 1819, date of death | ||
| unknown, represented Walker, Madison, and Grimes Counties in the | ||
| 14th Texas Legislature | ||
| ● Representative Jacob Esan Freeman, born circa 1841, died | ||
| circa 1900, represented Waller, Fort Bend, and Wharton Counties in | ||
| the 14th Texas Legislature; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas Historical Commission be directed to | ||
| use these standardized spellings, capitalizations, dates of birth, | ||
| and counties of service for this historical marker program; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an | ||
| official copy of this resolution to the executive director of the | ||
| Texas Historical Commission. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 13 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 13 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
