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Voting leglislation

Current Texas voter suppression bill

Texas Senate Bill 7, 2021–2022, 87th Legislature

• Briscoe Cain III, born in Webster, Texas, with co-sponsors

• Dr. Briscoe Cain, arrested in Bremond March 1896 for killing John T. Myatt (1852–1896) March 10, 1896.

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/274692770/

• Using lynchings as a barometer of family ties to barbaric and racists activity, the paternal side (great-grandfather, Cain) family hails from Culver, Robertson County

1. William Davis, 1913
2. Williams Williams, 1914

• Lynchings in contiguous counties

3. Alexander Johnson (1907)
4. Unidentified African-American, April 24, 1906, Groesbech, Limestone County
5. Gene Brown, July 27, 1918, Benhur, Limestone County
6. Alexander Winn, August 15, 1921, Datura, Limestone County
7. Anderson Callaway, December 26, 1907, Marquez, Leon County
8. Frank Bates, April 5, 1910, Centerville, Leon County

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9. Louis Whitehead, June 10, 1896, Bryan, Brazos County
10. George Johnson, June 10, 1896, Bryan, Brazos County
11. Jim Reddick, June 10, 1896, Bryan, Brazos County

    Three act horror

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12. Eugene Washington, January 25, 1897, Bryan, Brazos County
13. Thomas Sweat, November 18, 1897, Bryan, Brazos County
14. N/A Wilson, Mary 24, 1922, Bryan, Brazos County
15. Will Roan, June 17, 1930, Bryan, Brazos County

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16. David Cotton, May 14, 1897, Rosebud, Falls County
17. Henry Williams, May 14, 1897, Rosebud, Falls County
18. Sabe Stewart, May 14, 1897, Rosebud, Falls County

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19. Frank Mason, July 14, 1905, Golinda, Falls County
20. Mitchell Frazier, September 15, 1906, Rosebud, Falls County
21. Cope Mills, December 20, 1909, Rosebud, Falls County

Sponsors

1. Sen. Bryan Hughes [R]
2. Sen. Paul Bettencourt [R]
3. Sen. Brian Birdwell [R]
4. Sen. Dawn Buckingham [R]
5. Sen. Donna Campbell [R]
6. Sen. Charles Creighton [R]
7. Sen. Bob Hall [R]
8. Sen. Lois Kolkhorst [R]
9. Sen. Jane Nelson [R]
10. Sen. Angela Paxton [R]
11. Sen. Charles Perry [R]
12. Sen. Charles Schwertner [R]
13. Sen. Drew Springer [R]
14. Sen. Larry Taylor [R]

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1. Rep. Briscoe Cain [R]
2. Rep. Mike Schofield [R]
3. Rep. Jacey Jetton [R]
4. Rep. Stephanie Klick [R]
5. Rep. Tom Oliverson [R]
6. Rep. Charles Anderson [R]
7. Rep. Trent Ashby [R]
8. Rep. Cecil Bell [R]
9. Rep. Keith Bell [R]
10. Rep. Kyle Biedermann [R]
11. Rep. Greg Bonnen [R]
12. Rep. Brad Buckley [R]
13. Rep. Dewayne Burns [R]
14. Rep. Dustin Burrows [R]
15. Rep. Angie Button [R]
16. Rep. Giovanni Capriglione [R]
17. Rep. Jeff Cason [R]
18. Rep. David Cook [R]
19. Rep. John Cyrier [R]
20. Rep. Jay Dean [R]
21. Rep. Jake Ellzey [R]
22. Rep. James Frank [R]
23. Rep. John Frullo [R]
24. Rep. Craig Goldman [R]
25. Rep. Sam Harless [R]
26. Rep. Cody Harris [R]
27. Rep. Cole Hefner [R]
28. Rep. Justin Holland [R]
29. Rep. Lacey Hull [R]
30. Rep. Kyle Kacal [R]
31. Rep. Phil King [R]
32. Rep. Matt Krause [R]
33. Rep. John Kuempel [R]
34. Rep. Stan Lambert [R]
35. Rep. Brooks Landgraf [R]
36. Rep. Jeff Leach [R]
37. Rep. Ben Leman [R]
38. Rep. J.M. Lozano [R]
39. Rep. William Metcalf [R]
40. Rep. Morgan Meyer [R]
41. Rep. Mayes Middleton [R]
42. Rep. Geanie Morrison [R]
43. Rep. Jim Murphy [R]
44. Rep. Andrew Murr [R]
45. Rep. Candy Noble [R]
46. Rep. Chris Paddie [R]
47. Rep. Tan Parker [R]
48. Rep. Jared Patterson [R]
49. Rep. Dennis Paul [R]
50. Rep. Four Price [R]
51. Rep. Glenn Rogers [R]
52. Rep. Scott Sanford [R]
53. Rep. Matt Schaefer [R]
54. Rep. Matthew Shaheen [R]
55. Rep. Hugh Shine [R]
56. Rep. Bryan Slaton [R]
57. Rep. Shelby Slawson [R]
58. Rep. Reggie Smith [R]
59. Rep. John Smithee [R]
60. Rep. David Spiller [R]
61. Rep. Phil Stephenson [R]
62. Rep. Lynn Stucky [R]
63. Rep. Valoree Swanson [R]
64. Rep. Ed Thompson [R]
65. Rep. Tony Tinderholt [R]
66. Rep. Steve Toth [R]
67. Rep. Gary Vandeaver [R]
68. Rep. Cody Vasut [R]
69. Rep. James White [R]
70. Rep. Terry Wilson [R]

Texas history – Mayfield

In 1922, Earle B. Mayfield, born in Overton, Texas, became the first member of the Ku Klux Klan to be elected to the United States Senate. He resided in Tyler from 1931 until his death.

In 1923, Earle B. Mayfield of Tyler, Texas, with the support of a resurgent Ku Klux Klan, elected U.S. Senator during the General Election of November 7, 1922, for the beginning term, March 4, 1923. His seat was contested by his chief opponent, George E. B. Peddy and an investigation was authorized by U.S. Senate Resolution 97.

Allison Mayfield, Earle's brother, was the Texas Railroad Commissioner from January 5, 1897, to January 23, 1923.

• http://www.tylerhistory.org/2018/08/12/1922-meet-the-1st-u-s-kkk-senator/

• https://haysfreepress.com/2016/08/11/texans-elect-closet-klansman-to-represent-as-us-senator/

• https://books.google.com/books?id=Wfs6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA112&lpg=RA2-PA112&dq=%22Committee+on+Privileges+and+Elections%22+%22Resolution+97%22+1925&source=bl&ots=18KX71mrJG&sig=ACfU3U0f8tnK-USfFY3g33VSAGw50jbHQw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi32qKt37_wAhUMGFkFHZ8BBj0Q6AEwAHoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Committee%20on%20Privileges%20and%20Elections%22%20%22Resolution%2097%22%201925&f=false

Bibliography

References

• Jackson, Kenneth Terry (1967). The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915–1930. The Urban Life in America Series. Oxford University Press. pp. 96–99, 272, 322. Retrieved May 10, 2021 – via Internet Archive. LCCN 67-28129, OCLC 164461230 (all editions).

• McVeigh, Rory M. (March 2021). "Power Devaluation, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Democratic National Convention of 1924". Sociological Forum. 16 (1). Springer Publishing: 1–30. JSTOR 685027. Retrieved May 10, 2021. ISSN 0884-8971 (publication), OCLC 5650025676 (article).

• Wade, Peter (May 9, 2021). "Texas Democrats Strike Jim Crow 'Purity of Ballot Box' Language from GOP Voting Bill". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

• "Senate Resolution 97, Authorizing the Investigation of Alleged Unlawful Practices in the Election of a Senator From Texas". Senator From Texas – Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Privileges and Elections. United States Congress – Sixty-Eighth Congress, First and Second Sessions. Printed for the use of the [U.S. Senate] Committee on Privileges and Elections. 1925 – via Google Books.

1. p. 609
2. p. 732
3. p. 742
4. p. 1242

Committee on Privileges and Elections:

1. Selden P. Spencer, Missouri, Chairman
2. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., New York
3. William H. King, Utah
4. James E. Watson, Indiana
5. Henry F. Ashurst, Arizona
6. Richard P. Ernst, Kentucky
7. Walter F. George, Georgia
8. Samuel M. Shortridge, California
9. Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia

Subcommittee on Senate Resolution 97

1. Selden P. Spencer, Missouri, Chairman
2. William H. King, Utah
3. James E. Watson, Indiana
4. Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia

• Chalmers, David Mark (1987) [1965, 1968, 1981]. Hooded Americanism – History of the Ku Klux Klan (3rd ed.). Duke University Press. pp. 39, 43–48, 155, 200–201, 202–205, 283. Retrieved May 10, 2021 – via Internet Archive. LCCN 86-29133, ISBN 0-8223-0730-8, 0-8223-0772-3, OCLC 885415020 (all editions).

• Bryan Morning Eagle (October 6, 1906). "Ferguson Opened Second Senatorial Race at Waxahachie". Vol. 11, no. 259. Bryan, Texas: Carnes & Wallace. p. 13. Retrieved May 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.LCCN sn86-88652, OCLC 14148229 (all editions).

• Greene, Casey [Edward, Jr.] (born 1954) (1988). "Guardians Aguinst Change: The Ku Klux Klan in Houston and Harris County, 1920–1925" (PDF). The Houston Review (journal). 10 (1). Houston Public Library: 3–20. Retrieved May 10, 2021 (article clarifies who Col. Billy Mayfield is – reprinted in Houston History Vol. 8, no. 1, Fall 2010 → link. The author is affiliated with the Rosenberg Library in Galveston) {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |lay-date=, |lay-source=, and |lay-url= (help); External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link) ISSN 0272-4030, OCLC 5298290 (all editions).

• Fair, Richard H. (2009). 'The Good Angel of Practical Fraternity:' The Ku Klux Klan in McLennan County, 1915–1924 (PDF) (Master of Arts thesis). Waco, McLennan County: Baylor University. Retrieved May 10, 2021 "Mayfield stopped paying Klan membership dues [to the KKK] the same month that [Robert Lee] Henry joined [the KKK]."{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

Billie Mayfield

Col. Billie Mayfield (né William Nicholas Mayfield II; 1875–1963); beginning around 1942, Mayfield was editor of the Coleman County Chronicle, while Milton Robert Autry (1915–1998) served in the Armed Forces. Roy Allen Autry, Sr. (1892–1965) was owner-manager. Mayfield resigned January 1, 1943.

• Autry, Mahan Blair (1881–1971) (2001) [1964]. The Family and Descendants of Captain John Autry – The Autry Family of the Southern States and Texas, 1745–1963. Boston: Higginson Book Co. (originally published in Corsicana, Texas, 1964).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) OCLC 52568058 (all editions), OCLC 1048539410 (all editions).

• Maroney, James C[arrington] (1984). "Labor's Struggle for Acceptance: The Houston Worker in a Changing Society, 1900–1929" (PDF). The Houston Review (journal). 6 (1). Houston Public Library: 5–24. Retrieved May 10, 2021 "In Texas, the Red Scare atmosphere became apparent in Colonel Billie Mayfield's use of the race issue and the question of unionism to increase the size of the Texas National Guard. Mayfield's circular letter, a follow-up to an appeal for one hundred dollar contributions by General Jacob F. Wolters of the 7th Cavalry regiment in Houston, proposed to explain in detail the need for additional troops in Houston. Mayfield claimed 'a great feeling of unrest [existed] among the negroes of this country accentuated by the returning A.E.F. negroes' and IWW agitation."{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) ISSN 0272-4030, OCLC 5298290 (all editions).

• Stone, Bryan Edward (May 2003). "West of Center: Jews on the Real and Imagined Frontiers of Texas" (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved May 10, 2021. OCLC 847283445.

• Note: Before editing Billie Mayfield's Weekly, he had been a reporter for the Houston Chronicle. Mayfield was a friend of George W. Armstrong. link → another clip another clip on racism

• Cameron, David Jeffrey (August 2017). "Race and Religion in the Bayou City: Latino/A, African American, and Anglo Baptists in Houston's Long Civil Rights Movement" (PDF) (PhD dissertation). College Station: Texas A&M University. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

From Cameron's dissertation: "former colonel in the Texas National Guard, filled his paper with religious and racial bigotry and targeted African Americans, Mexican Americans, Catholics, Jews, and Anglos who did not conform to Klan ideals.31 It was through the pages of Colonel Mayfield’s Weekly that the Klan’s push for political dominance became entangled in white Houston Baptists’ role as the custodians of morality in the city."

• Watson, Dwight [David], PhD (August 2004). "In the Name of Progress and Decency: The Response of Houston's Civic Leaders to the Lynching of Robert Powell in 1928" (PDF). Houston Review of History and Culture (journal). 1 (2). University of Houston, Center for Public History: 26–30. Retrieved May 10, 2021 "Colonel Billie Mayfield led the growth of the Klan in Houston."{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link) ISSN 1550-493X, OCLC 54401105 (all editions).

• Bar, Peaked Hill; Mayfield, John Simon (1904–1983) (October 1960). "Eugene O'Neill and the Senator From Texas". The Yale University Library Gazette. 35 (2). New Haven: Yale University Library: 87–93. JSTOR 40857880. Retrieved May 10, 2021 (Col. Billy Mayfield, editor of The Fiery Cross, variously called Col. Billy Mayfield's Weekly, and Col. Billy's Fiery Cross – the Col. is no relation to Earle Mayfield).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link) ISSN 0044-0175 (publication), OCLC 6878366, 47912818, 5543312069 (article).

• Colonel Mayfield's Weekly, Houston, 1921–1925. Billie Mayfield, Jr. (ed.) LCCN sn86089397, OCLC 14291433 (all editions). (Mayfield was publisher from inception until he sold it to Charles K. Diggs of San Antonio in September 1924). Also a member from San Antonio was Charles K. Diggs, publisher of the weekly Klan paper American Forum, who purchased Colonel Mayfield’s Weekly from Houstonian Billie Mayfield, a veteran of World War I and the Spanish-American War.

• "Billie Mayfield, Jr., Chroniclings of Billie" (Houston: Southwestern Press, 1916).