Terms of Service
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House,
17th
(1)
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(3)
(4)
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Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Greenback
(1)
Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News .
(2)
Republican.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(3)
"When the Greenback Party met in June 1880 to nominate a state ticket, Kerr's name was placed on the ticket as representative from Bastrop County," p. 129. "Greenbackers elected one senator and three representatives, only one of whom was black — Robert A. Kerr," p. 130.
Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.
(4)
"The leadership of the Republican Party decided not to fuse with the Greenbackers in 1880, but rather placed a ticket in the field. . . Among the few blacks who remained visible in the Greenback fold [in 1880] were Hal Geiger and Robert A. Kerr," p. 129.
Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.
(5)
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.