Alex F. Kinneson

Full Name: Alex F. Kinneson
Other surnames: Kinnison

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	59	Feb 17, 1880 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Republican	Columbus / Colorado		Colorado, Lavaca

(1) A.F. Kinneson, in special election 2/17/1880, succeeded John W. Johnson, removed from district. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Columbus, Colorado County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Lavaca County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.

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House District 59
Feb 17, 1880 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Columbus / Colorado
Counties in district: Colorado, Lavaca

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Resolutions and Journal entries

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

Alexander Fletcher Kinnison, born about 1846 in Jefferson County, Mississippi, died about 1905 in Beaumont, Texas. Residence in Colorado County (1869, 1900) and Wharton County (1880). Voter registration 11/20/1869 in Colorado County. Spouse Millie Hall, children include Bessie Kinnison Murphy and Eula M. Thompson. Wooten Family Tree; U.S., Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index; Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Ancestry.com.
Account of the election of 1878, Texas House of Representatives, candidates: R.C. Saunders, Ibzan William Middlebrook, and Jahu Worner [John Warner] Johnson. "Early on, Johnson tried to distance himself from his Republican roots, claiming he had been urged to run . . . as an 'independent and non-partisan candidate.'" Jahu W. Johnson forfeited his seat when he moved out of the district; Johnson and his son Gail Borden Johnson had decided to move to Houston by November 1879. Alex F. Kinnison, a Republican and "black county county commissioner and school teacher," elected in a special election 2/17/1880; however, "the legislature never convened while he held the office." Part 9: 1878-1883. Consider the Lily: the Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas.
Kinnison elected Colorado County Commissioner in 1876. "One of the four new commissioners, Alex F. Kinnison, was a black man . . . The Alleyton black school was conducted by Alex F. Kinnison, who also served as a county commissioner." Part 8: 1870-1878. Consider the Lily: the Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas.
Census of 1880 - A.F. Kinnison, Wharton County, age 26, born circa 1854 in Mississippi, single, school teacher.
Census of 1900 - Alex Keiddeison, Colorado County, age 50, born March 1850 in Mississippi, farmer, wife Millie Keiddeison. FamilySearch. 1880 1900

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