Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert J. Evans

Full Name: Robert J. Evans
Birth date: February 13, 1857
Death date: February 12, 1886

Terms of Service

House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Republican
House, 16th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Republican

(1) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Elected to the 16th legislature as a Republican; won reelection in 1880 as a Greenbacker. Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) Republican. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(5) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
(6) Involvement in Greenback/Republican politics, pp. 129-131. "Robert J. Evans and R.A. Kerr ran on Republican ticket for reelection (in 1882) in a losing cause." Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

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 .

Other Resources

Death notice, Robert J. Evans, "a member of the State Legislature for two or more terms," 2/13/1886, p. 6. Death date 2/12/1886 in Navasota. Dallas Morning News .
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.
R.J. Evans, birth date 2/13/1857, death date 2/12/1886, born in Louisiana, husband of W.L. Evans, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County. Includes death notice of Robert J. Evans from the Dallas Morning News, 2/13/1886. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
EVANS, R.J. (1853-1921). Born 1853 in Louisiana; death date 9/27/1921 in Harris County. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
Death notice, Robert J. Evans, teacher and "once a member of the legislature," "State News," Brenham Daily Banner, 2/14/1886, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Robert J. Evans, p. 260. Born in 1854. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," pp. 107-108. Born 1854. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
Biographical sketch, born 1853 in Louisiana, pp. 59-60. Birth year 1854, death year 1921, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.