Bedford Green Guy
Full Name: Bedford Green GuyDate of birth: August 4, 1841
Date of death: July 3, 1915
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 39 | Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) | Greenback | William Penn / Washington | Washington |
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Guy won election as a member of the Greenback party. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) B.A. Guy, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) Guy was "elected to the present Legislature, over J. M. Williams, Independent Democrat, and R. E. Carter, Greenbacker." Roster lists party as Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(6) Alonzo Sledge and Bedford A. Guy "joined the Greenback bandwagon in Washington County and won as a result of the split in the white votes," p. 129. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
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House District 39
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 Legislatures: 16th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Party: Greenback Home City/County: William Penn / Washington Counties in district: Washington |
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Guy won election as a member of the Greenback party. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) B.A. Guy, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) Guy was "elected to the present Legislature, over J. M. Williams, Independent Democrat, and R. E. Carter, Greenbacker." Roster lists party as Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(6) Alonzo Sledge and Bedford A. Guy "joined the Greenback bandwagon in Washington County and won as a result of the split in the white votes," p. 129. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
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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
- Biographical sketch, Bedford (B.) A. Guy. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas, 2002.
- GUY, BEDFORD G. (ca. 1841-unknown). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Bedford A. Guy, p. 263. Born 8/4/1841 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
- Biographical sketch, p. 62. Birth year 1842, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
Other Resources
- Census of 1880 - Bedford G. Guy, Washington County, age 38, born circa 1842 in Virginia, widowed, works on farm, son Bedford G. Guy, daughter Mary F. Guy. FamilySearch.
- Bedford Green Guy, birth date 8/4/1841 in Pittsyl. County, Virginia, death date 7/3/1915 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, salesman, burial in P.F., East Waco, informant Bedford Green Guy Jr., address William Penn, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants, 1970.
- B.G. Guy, death date 7/13/1915, 70 years old. County Poor Cemetery, East Waco, McLennan County. TXGenWeb Project.
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