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Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck

Full Name: Thomas Beck
Date of birth: 1819
Date of death: 1894

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 30 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   Republican Navasota / Grimes   Grimes, Madison
H 30 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (4) (5)   Republican Navasota / Grimes   Grimes, Madison
H 15 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th (6)   Republican Navasota / Grimes   Grimes, Madison, San Jacinto, Walker

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Navasota, Grimes County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(3) Courtney, Grimes County, Republican. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(4) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(5) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. ↩
(6) Republican. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
17th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Republican
Home City/County:
Navasota / Grimes
Counties in district:
Grimes, Madison

Legislatures:
16th (4) (5)  
Party:
Republican
Home City/County:
Navasota / Grimes
Counties in district:
Grimes, Madison

Legislatures:
14th (6)  
Party:
Republican
Home City/County:
Navasota / Grimes
Counties in district:
Grimes, Madison, San Jacinto, Walker

Terms of service notes


(1) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Navasota, Grimes County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(3) Courtney, Grimes County, Republican. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(4) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(5) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. ↩
(6) Republican. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874. ↩

Biographical Information

  • 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • 81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • 85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • 88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. SB 667 SCR 13
  • 88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. Resolutions - Legislative Policy. SB 667 SCR 13

  • Thomas Thos. Beck, born 1819 in Kentucky, died 1894 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Voter registration 8/21/1867 in Grimes County. The Bradford Family Tree - Belcher - Dixie - Caddo - LA; Texas, U.S. Voter Registration Lists. Ancestry.com.
  • Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County, 1930.
  • Mentioned pp. 147-154. From Slave to Statesman, 1993.
  • Mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
  • Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants, 1970.

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