Terms of Service
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House,
16th
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Greenback
(1)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News .
(2)
Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News .
(3)
Guy won election as a member of the Greenback party.
Handbook of Texas Online .
(4)
Guy was "elected to the present Legislature, over J. M. Williams, Independent Democrat, and R. E. Carter, Greenbacker." Roster lists party as Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
(5)
B.A. Guy, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
(6)
Alonzo Sledge and Bedford A. Guy "joined the Greenback bandwagon in Washington County and won as a result of the split in the white votes," p. 129.
Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.