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Jeremiah J. Hamilton

Jeremiah Hamilton
Full Name: Jeremiah J. Hamilton
Birth date: July 1, 1838
Death date: 1905

Terms of Service

  • House, 12th (1) (2) (3) Legislature
    2/9/1870 - 1/14/1873
     
(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/9/1870. 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.

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 - 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

Other Resources

  • Mentioned, p. 57. Black Texans: a History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 1996.
  • Biographical information in Alwyn Barr, "Black Legislators of Reconstruction Texas," Volume 32, Number 4, December 1986, pp. 340-352. Civil War History .
  • Biographical sketch, "Hamilton House in Symphony Square Tells Story of Former Slave Turned Legislator," 10/8/2017. Daily Texan .
  • Biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
  • HAMILTON, JEREMIAH J. (1838-ca. 1905). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
  • Biographical sketch of Jeremiah Hamilton, "a black legislator of Texas." Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: The Jeremiah Hamilton House], text, 1978, crediting Texas Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 20-21. Birth year 1838, death year 1905, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.
  • Mentioned, p. 63. Time of Hope, Time of Despair: Black Texans During Reconstruction 1981.

Committee Information

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