Terms of Service

• House, 14th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
  Republican
  

(1) Republican. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(2) Brown of Harrison in committee appointments, 1/19/1874, pp. 18-20. House Journal .
(3) Marshall, Harrison County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• Ed. Brown, opening day of 14th Legislature, 1/13/1874, p. 1. House Journal .
• 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 - Congratulatory and Honorary . SB 667 SCR 13
• 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

Photographs

• Photograph. Edward (Ed) Brown, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Ed. Brown, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Harrison County "continued to support a Republican delegation to the state legislature" in 1873: Webster Flanagan to the State Senate, Shack Roberts ("black leader from Harrison County") and Ed Brown ("Negro from Rusk County, as a representative of the two county district") to the House, p. 310. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
• Edward (Ed) Brown, portrait and biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
• BROWN, ED (ca. 1840-?), "carpenter who apparently lived in Rusk County." Handbook of Texas Online .
• Ed Brown in 14th Legislature, p. vi. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
• Ed. Brown. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: A History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement 1935.
• Mentioned in Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics." The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
• Biographical sketch, Edmund Brown, p. 43. Birth year 1840, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

Committee Information

• 14th R.S. - 1874
• Agriculture and Stock Raising