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Houston A.P. Bassett

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Houston A.P. (Pat) Bassett
Texas State Representative
for District 52 (Grimes County)
In office
January 11, 1887 – January 8, 1889
Personal details
BornMarch 14, 1857
Grimes County, Texas, USA
DiedJuly 17, 1920 (aged 63)
Grimes County, Texas
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCordelia Foster Bassett
Children4
Alma materStraight University
Fisk University

Houston A.P. (Pat) Bassett (March 14, 1857 – July 17, 1920) was an African-American Republican politician who served in the Twentieth Texas Legislature. The son of poor farmers, Bassett lived in his native Grimes County, Texas, for most of his life. He was educated at Straight University in New Orleans, Louisiana ,and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon returning to Texas, he became involved in politics and won a contested election for the Texas House of Representatives in 1886. He served only one term. He and his wife, the former Cordelia Foster, had four children.

References

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Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Houston A.P. Bassett
Handbook of Texas Online - Houston A.P. Bassett
Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas