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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/

 William Davis, 1913  Williams Williams, 1914  Alexander Johnson (1907)  Unidentified African-American, April 24, 1906, Groesbech, Limestone County  Gene Brown, July 27, 1918, Benhur, Limestone County  Alexander Winn, August 15, 1921, Datura, Limestone County  Anderson Callaway, December 26, 1907, Marquez, Leon County  Frank Bates, April 5, 1910, Centerville, Leon County
 * 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
 * Lynchings in contiguous counties

 Louis Whitehead, June 10, 1896, Bryan, Brazos County  George Johnson, June 10, 1896, Bryan, Brazos County  Jim Reddick, June 10, 1896, Bryan, Brazos County
 * Three act horror

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

<li> David Cotton, May 14, 1897, Rosebud, Falls County <li> Henry Williams, May 14, 1897, Rosebud, Falls County <li> Sabe Stewart, May 14, 1897, Rosebud, Falls County

<li> Frank Mason, July 14, 1905, Golinda, Falls County <li> Mitchell Frazier, September 15, 1906, Rosebud, Falls County <li> Cope Mills, December 20, 1909, Rosebud, Falls County</ol>

Sponsors

<li> Sen. Bryan Hughes [R] <li> Sen. Paul Bettencourt [R] <li> Sen. Brian Birdwell [R] <li> Sen. Dawn Buckingham [R] <li> Sen. Donna Campbell [R] <li> Sen. Charles Creighton [R] <li> Sen. Bob Hall [R] <li> Sen. Lois Kolkhorst [R] <li> Sen. Jane Nelson [R] <li> Sen. Angela Paxton [R] <li> Sen. Charles Perry [R] <li> Sen. Charles Schwertner [R] <li> Sen. Drew Springer [R] <li> Sen. Larry Taylor [R]</ol>

<li> Rep. Briscoe Cain [R] <li> Rep. Mike Schofield [R] <li> Rep. Jacey Jetton [R] <li> Rep. Stephanie Klick [R] <li> Rep. Tom Oliverson [R] <li> Rep. Charles Anderson [R] <li> Rep. Trent Ashby [R] <li> Rep. Cecil Bell [R] <li> Rep. Keith Bell [R] <li> Rep. Kyle Biedermann [R] <li> Rep. Greg Bonnen [R] <li> Rep. Brad Buckley [R] <li> Rep. Dewayne Burns [R] <li> Rep. Dustin Burrows [R] <li> Rep. Angie Button [R] <li> Rep. Giovanni Capriglione [R] <li> Rep. Jeff Cason [R] <li> Rep. David Cook [R] <li> Rep. John Cyrier [R] <li> Rep. Jay Dean [R] <li> Rep. Jake Ellzey [R] <li> Rep. James Frank [R] <li> Rep. John Frullo [R] <li> Rep. Craig Goldman [R] <li> Rep. Sam Harless [R] <li> Rep. Cody Harris [R] <li> Rep. Cole Hefner [R] <li> Rep. Justin Holland [R] <li> Rep. Lacey Hull [R] <li> Rep. Kyle Kacal [R] <li> Rep. Phil King [R] <li> Rep. Matt Krause [R] <li> Rep. John Kuempel [R] <li> Rep. Stan Lambert [R] <li> Rep. Brooks Landgraf [R] <li> Rep. Jeff Leach [R] <li> Rep. Ben Leman [R] <li> Rep. J.M. Lozano [R] <li> Rep. William Metcalf [R] <li> Rep. Morgan Meyer [R] <li> Rep. Mayes Middleton [R] <li> Rep. Geanie Morrison [R] <li> Rep. Jim Murphy [R] <li> Rep. Andrew Murr [R] <li> Rep. Candy Noble [R] <li> Rep. Chris Paddie [R] <li> Rep. Tan Parker [R] <li> Rep. Jared Patterson [R] <li> Rep. Dennis Paul [R] <li> Rep. Four Price [R] <li> Rep. Glenn Rogers [R] <li> Rep. Scott Sanford [R] <li> Rep. Matt Schaefer [R] <li> Rep. Matthew Shaheen [R] <li> Rep. Hugh Shine [R] <li> Rep. Bryan Slaton [R] <li> Rep. Shelby Slawson [R] <li> Rep. Reggie Smith [R] <li> Rep. John Smithee [R] <li> Rep. David Spiller [R] <li> Rep. Phil Stephenson [R] <li> Rep. Lynn Stucky [R] <li> Rep. Valoree Swanson [R] <li> Rep. Ed Thompson [R] <li> Rep. Tony Tinderholt [R] <li> Rep. Steve Toth [R] <li> Rep. Gary Vandeaver [R] <li> Rep. Cody Vasut [R] <li> Rep. James White [R] <li> Rep. Terry Wilson [R]</ol>

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

Billie Mayfield
Col. Billie Mayfield ( 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.








 * 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




 * 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."




 * (publication), (article).


 * Colonel Mayfield's Weekly, Houston, 1921–1925. Billie Mayfield, Jr. (ed.) LCCN sn86089397, . (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).