Hamilton Prioleau Bee

Full Name: Hamilton Prioleau Bee
Date of birth: July 22, 1822
Date of death: October 3, 1897

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	66	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Unknown / Webb		Webb
H	66	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th	Laredo / Webb	Speaker	Webb
H	66	Dec 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽³⁾	Laredo / Webb		Webb
H	53	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th	Laredo / Webb		Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Webb
H	43	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽⁴⁾	Laredo / Webb		Cameron, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb

(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(2) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Not present at organization of the House on 11/7/1853. Bee sworn on 12/7/1853, p. 203. House Journal.
(4) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 66
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Unknown / Webb
Counties in district: Webb

House District 66
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th
Speaker
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Webb

House District 66
Dec 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Webb

House District 53
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Webb

House District 43
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽⁴⁾
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Cameron, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Hamilton Bee, age 32, native state South Carolina, emigrated from South Carolina in 1837, merchant, postoffice Laredo, Webb County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
Biographical sketch, General Hamilton P. Bee; mentions son Carlos Bee, pp. 72-73. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
BEE, CARLOS (1867-1932). Relatives: Hamilton P. Bee, father; Carlos Bee, son. Handbook of Texas Online.
BEE, HAMILTON PRIOLEAU (1822-1897). Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in footnote, Hamilton P. Bee, p. 95. "Hamilton P. Bee was Secretary to the United States and Texas Boundary Commission, 1839-40; Secretary of the first State Senate in 1846; a gallant soldier in the Mexican war; eight years a member of the Legislature from the Rio Grande, and Speaker of the House in 1855-56; a Brigadier-General in the Confederate army, losing a handsome estate by the war, and later served as Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics and History of the State of Texas." Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
11th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Hamilton Prioleau Bee. Portrait and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, General Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Volume I, pp. 106-108. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.
Ham P. Bee, mentioned in footnote, Volume II, p. 75. "As early as 1850 Laredo and vicinity was organized as one of the counties of the State ot Texas. In 1853 it had the honor of electing one of its citizens, Ham P. Bee (afterwards a major general in the Confederate army) to the legislature, who as the second Speaker of the House of Representatives, distinguished himself as one of the ablest and most popular speakers who have ever presided over the Lower House of the Texas legislature." A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Brigadier General. Military grave marker, Hamilton Prioleau Bee, birth date 7/22/1822, death date 10/3/1897, biographical sketch, portrait, burial in Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
Texas Militia, Brigadier General, 1861. Confederate States Army, Brigadier General, appointed 3/4/1862. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, pp. 31-32. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Hamilton Prioleau Bee. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 3-4, 76-77, Plate No. 2. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Mentioned in I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003.
Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 2. October 1965, pp. 163-173, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Relatives: Edward R. Tarver and Hamilton Prioleau Bee - brothers-in-law. TARVER-L Archives, Mary Mildred Tarver & brother Edward R. Tarver. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

Photographs

Photograph. Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Committee Information top

7th R.S. - 1857 Contingent Expenses Delay in the Distribution of the Laws of the 6th R.S. Education Federal Relations Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs (Co-Chair) Rules, Select (Chair) San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations State Affairs (Chair)
5th R.S. - 1853 Federal Relations Public Debt
4th R.S. - 1851 Enrolled Bills Federal Relations Internal Improvements Land Titles West of the Nueces, Select Land Titles, Investigation Report of Commissioners William H. Bourland and James B. Miller, Select Public Lands (Chair)
3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special Archives of Martin De Leon's Colony Finance Governor's Message, Select Judicial Districts, Select Land Scrips, Loan Bonds, and Other Obligations Issued by the Late Republic of Texas in Comptroller's Office Military Affairs Post Routes, Select Public Lands (Chair) Quieting Land Titles West of the Nueces River, Governor's Message (Co-Chair)

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