THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS 
 The First 50 Years

 

 

  

Freedmens First Vote - Palestine, Texas
This is a photo of the first Anderson County Courthouse the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. Notice the voters' horses tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.

 

NOTABLES TEXAS REPUBLICANS

TEXAS REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTIONS AND PLATFORMS

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS

THE 1867 VOTER REGISTRATION

THE 1868 ELECTION

THE 1869 ELECTION

ARTICLES, NEWSPAPERS, ETC

 

 

External links

Proceedings of the National conference of colored men of the United States, held in the State capitol at Nashville Tennessee, May 6, 7, 8 and 9, 1879 

Handbook of Texas Online: REPUBLICAN PARTY

THE UNION LEAGUE OF TEXAS

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS OF 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN  PARTY  PLATFORMS

THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PLATFORMS OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES, 1789 to 1904

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS - Republican Party of Texas
A 124 Year History of Major Civil Rights Efforts Based on a Side-by-Side Comparison of the Early Platforms of the Two Major Political Parties

James P. Newcomb and the Divisions Within the Republican Party

Forty years at El Paso, 1858-1898; recollections of war, politics, adventure, events, narratives, sketches, etc., by W. W. Mills.

Republican Party of Texas Official Website

 

My Websites 
AfroTexan Historical and Genealogical Resources

All God's Children Got Wings: Tribute to Former Slaves of Texas

When Freedom Cried Out  The Freedmen's Bureau in Texas

Shackles on my Feet  African American Laws of 19th-Century Texas

The Union League of Texas The Freedmen's Bureau Political Counterpart

A Penny Here, A Penny There Historically Black Colleges In Texas

Trees Planted by the Water: Early African American Legislators

African Americans in Camp County The Early Years

African Americans in Harrison County The Early Years

African Americans in Marion County The Early Years

African Americans in Upshur County The Early Years

The Bolton Community of Camp / Upshur The Early Years

Your Bible (My first site) Some of my favorite scriptures

Old Buildings of Harrison County  Most built by slave labor

Historic Buildings of Marion County Most built by slave labor

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