Houston Aaron Phillip Bassett
Full Name: Houston Aaron Phillip Bassett
Birth date: March 14, 1857
Death date: July 17, 1920
Birth date: March 14, 1857
Death date: July 17, 1920
Terms of Service
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House,
20th
(1)
Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Republican
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 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 .
Photographs
- Photograph. Houston A.P. (Pat) Bassett, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. H.A.P. Bassett, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- 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.
- Houston Bassett, death date 7/17/1920 near Erwin, Grimes County, farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
- Portrait and biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
- BASSETT, HOUSTON A. P. (1857-1920). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Biographical sketch, H.A.P. Bassett, pp. 102-103. Born 3/14/1857 in Grimes County. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
- Mentioned in Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics." The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 64-65. Birth year 1857, death year 1920, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.