Carlos Bee

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Carlos Bee

Carlos Bee (born July 8, 1867 in Saltillo , Mexico , †  April 20, 1932 in San Antonio , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1921 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Carlos Bee was the son of Hamilton Prioleau Bee (1822-1897), who had been a general in the Confederation Army during the Civil War . After the war he went into exile with his family in Mexico. Carlos Bee was also the great-grandson of Thomas Bee (1739-1812), a delegate to the Continental Congress . In 1874 he returned to the United States with his parents, where they settled in San Antonio. He attended the public schools of his new home and then the Agricultural and Mechanical College . He then worked as a postman for the railway mail. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1893, he began to practice this profession in San Antonio. In the same year he became a federal commissioner ( United States Commissioner ) for the western part of the state of Texas.

From 1898 to 1905, Bee served as the prosecutor in his state's 37th judicial district. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1904 and 1908 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In 1904 he was also chairman of the regional Democratic Party convention in Texas. From 1906 to 1908 he was a member of the School Board of the City of San Antonio; between 1912 and 1914 he headed the Bexar County school expulsion . From 1915 to 1919 he was a member of the Texas Senate .

In the 1918 congressional election , Bee was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th  constituency of Texas , where he succeeded James Luther Slayden on March 4, 1919 . Since he was defeated by Republican Harry M. Wurzbach in 1920 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1921 . During this time the 18th and 19th amendments were ratified. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Carlos Bee worked again as a lawyer in San Antonio, where he died on April 20, 1932. He was buried in the local Confederate Cemetery .

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SURNAME Bee, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Saltillo , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1932
Place of death San Antonio , Texas