Texas Legislators: Past & Present

J. Goldsteen Dupree

Full Name: J. Goldsteen Dupree
Birth date: 1846
Death date: April 27, 1872

Terms of Service

House, 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
2/8/1870 - 4/27/1872

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal .
(2) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .
(3) Radical Republican Association, established 6/4/1870, p. 26. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.
(4) Richard Allen and Em Anderson unseated in March 1873, testimony of Goldsteen Dupree, pp. 41-42. 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 .
88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. Resolutions - Legislative Policy . SB 667 SCR 13

Other Resources

Biographical information in Alwyn Barr, "Black Legislators of Reconstruction Texas," Volume 32, Number 4, December 1986, pp. 340-352. Civil War History .
Biographical sketch, J. Goldstein Dupree. Born Texas, ca. 1832. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
DUPREE, J. GOLDSTEEN (?-1873). Handbook of Texas Online .
J. Goldsteen Dupree death date 4/27/1872. Brother Benjamin (Ben) Dupree testified before the House 3/20/1873 on election irregularities. Legislative Reference Library .
Goldstein Dupree. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
Death notice, News Echo (Lockhart), 4/27/1872, p. 3, crediting the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "Goldstine Dupree, a colored member of the Legislature, is dead."
Burial notice (German), Die Wöchentliche Texas Post (Houston), 4/28/1872, p. 3, crediting German-Texas Heritage Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . April 28, 1872 - Translation April 28, 1872

April 27, 1872

Biographical sketch, pp. 21-22. Birth year 1846, death year 1873, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.