James H. Stewart
Full Name: James H. Stewart
Birth date: September 5, 1859
Death date: November 24, 1922
Birth date: September 5, 1859
Death date: November 24, 1922
Terms of Service
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House,
19th
(1)
Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
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. J.H. Stewart, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- John H. Stewart, born circa 1855, died 11/24/1922 in Austin, Travis County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
- Portrait and biographical sketch, James H. (J.H.) Stewart. Born Caddo Parish, Louisiana, September of 1857; died 1924, place unknown. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
- Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
- Biographical sketch and descendants, pp. 93-94, born 1857. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: A History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement 1935.
- Biographical sketch, J.H. Stewart, p. 50. Born 9/5/1859 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
- "Notice to the Camps and Circles of the Colored National Woodmen of Texas and Oklahoma," The Dallas Express, 12/2/1922, p. 6. "This is to inform you of the death of our beloved Sovereign Commander J.H. Steward, which occurred Friday morning, November 24 . . ." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," pp. 109-110. Born 1857 in Louisiana. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
- Biographical sketch, p. 64. Born September 1857 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.