Terms of Service

• House, 16th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
  Republican
  

(1) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
(3) 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.

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

• Biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
• SLEDGE, ALONZO L. (1854-1918). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
• Biographical sketch, p. 263. Born in Waller County 7/4/1853. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
• Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," pp. 106-107. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
• Biographical sketch, p. 62. Birth date 8/15/1854. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

Committee Information

• 16th R.S. - 1879
• Education