Born Arkansas, ca. 1821
Died date, place unknown

Political Life:
- Delegate to 1873 State Republican Convention
- Representative in 13th (1873) and 15th (1876) Legislatures from Marshall (Harrison County)
- Representative in 14th (1874-75) Legislature from Marshall (Rusk and Harrison Counties)

Personal Life:
- Born into slavery
- Illiterate
- Whipped in 1867 by members of the Ku Klux Klan
- Also worked as a blacksmith and minister

Born New York, 1841
Died New Orleans, Louisiana, October 31, 1882

Political Life:
- Delegate to 1868-69 Constitutional Convention from Galveston, Brazoria and Matagorda Counties
- Delegate to 1868 and 1872 National Republican Conventions
- Senator in 12th (1870-71) and 13th (1873) Legislatures from Galveston (Galveston, Brazoria and Matagorda Counties)
- Elected from predominantly white district
- Involved with the Freedman's Bureau and Union League

Personal Life:
- Also worked as a reporter, editor, organized laborer and teacher
- Beaten by a white mob while trying to establish a school
- Wife Lucy

Born Chappell Hill, Texas, August 15, 1854
Died date, place unknown

Political Life:
- Representative in 16th (1879) Legislature from Chappell Hill (Burleson and Washington Counties)

Personal Life:
- Born into slavery
- Also worked as a minister

Born Charleston, South Carolina, 1861
Died Waco, Texas, July 10, 1942

Political Life:
- Representative in 24th (1895) and 25th (1897) Legislatures from Oakland (Colorado County), the last African-American to serve until the modern Civil Rights movement
- Delegate to 1896 National Republican Convention

Personal Life:
- Also worked as a principal
- Wife Ruby and their two adopted children

Born Marshall, Texas, ca. 1849
Died date, place unknown

Political Life:
- Representative in 15th (1876) Legislature from Hempstead (Wharton, Waller and Fort Bend Counties)

Personal Life:
- Born into slavery
- Also worked as a farmer
- Wife Emma