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James H. Stewart Full Name: James H. Stewart Date of birth: September 5, 1859 Date of death: November 24, 1922 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 48 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th (1)   Republican Calvert / Robertson   Robertson (1) Present place of residence, Hearne, p. 50, Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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. Biographical Sketches Portrait and biographical sketch, James H. (J.H.) Stewart. Born Caddo Parish, Louisiana, September of 1857; died 1924, place unknown. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas, 2002. Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," pp. 109-110. Born 1857 in Louisiana. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900, 1971. Biographical sketch and descendants, pp. 93-94, born 1857. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: a History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement, 1935. Biographical sketch, J.H. Stewart, p. 50. Born 9/5/1859 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch, p. 64. Born September 1857 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016. Other Resources John H. Stewart, born circa 1855, died 11/24/1922 in Austin, Travis County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. "Notice to the Camps and Circles of the Colored National Woodmen of Texas and Oklahoma," The Dallas Express, 12/2/1922, p. 6. "This is to inform you of the death of our beloved Sovereign Commander J.H. Steward, which occurred Friday morning, November 24 . . ." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. J.H. Stewart, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Prairie View Normal School, and Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville   Educational   Penitentiaries

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