Texas Capitol from the South Ground
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The Texas Capitol is recognized as one of the most distinguished state capitols in the country. It's an excellent example of a late 19th century public architecture. The capitol was completed in 1888. In 1986, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its contribution to American history.<br /><br />For further exploraiton, please visit <a href="https://tspb.texas.gov/prop/tcg/tcg/grounds.html">https://tspb.texas.gov/prop/tcg/tcg/grounds.html</a>
Elijah E. Myers
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Texas Legislature
1888
Elijah E. Meyers
Texas Legislature
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1928-1929 Octaviano Larrazolo - First Hispanic American U.S. Senator
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Octaviano Larrazolo was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Senate and was in office during the Seventieth Congress 12/07/ 1928 – 03/03/1929. He was born (1859) in Allende in the Mexican state of Chihuahua (1859), where he lived until he was eleven years old. J.B. Salpoint, a French-born Bishop of Arizona, took Larrazolo to Arizona (1870) and instructed him in theology. When Reverend Salpoint moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico (1875), Larrazola accompanied him, and completed his studies at St. Michael's College there (1877). That same year he began a career as an educator, teaching in Tucson for a year before moving to San Elizaro, Texas, where he worked as a principal for seven years.
Larrazolo's interests in politics led him to become active in the Democratic Party and in 1885 Larrazolo was appointed clerk of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts at El Paso. A year later he was elected clerk of the 34th District Court at El Paso and was re-electedthe following year. While he worked as a court clerk, he studied law with one of the judges and he was admitted to the Texas bar in 1888. Two years later he was elected state attorney for Texas' Western District; he subsequently was reelected for one more term. In 1895 Larrazolo moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico and opened a law office. From 1900 to 1908 he ran three times as the Democratic Party candidate for the position of Territorial Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, but was defeated each time.
When the New Mexican Constitutional Convention met (1910), although Larrazolo was not present, he was influential in helping write strong provisions into the Constitution that guaranteed protection of the Spanish-speaking voters from disfranchisement and discrimination on account of language or racial descent. A year later he resigned from the Democratic Party and joined the Republican Party because the State Convention of the Democratic Party had denied his request that one-half of all statewide nominees be Hispanic to represent the sixty percent of the population of New Mexico that was Hispanic. He was elected Governor of New Mexico and while in office, enacted laws that created the Girls' Welfare Home, the Child Welfare Board, and the State Health Board.
Larrazolo position on the income tax bill at the time became a point of contention between him and the Republican Party. In his effort to strengthen the income tax law, he lost support from Republicans. He also supported the women's suffrage amendment. This alienated both Republicans and some of his Hispanic supporters. In 1922 the Republican Party did not re-nominate him for governor. In 1927 and 1928 he served in the New Mexico House of Representatives and a year later was elected to fill the unexpired term of Democratic Senator Andieus A. Jones, who had died in office. While in the Senate, Larrazolo served on the Agriculture and Forestry Committee, Public Surveying Committee, and the Territories and Insular Affairs Committees. He fell ill and served only six months before he returned to Albuquerque where he died on April 7, 1930.
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Octaviano Larrazolo: 1859-1930 <br /><br />Source: U.S. Library of Congress - <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/larrazolo.html">Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995</a>
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1919
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Article XVI, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution outlines the official oath of office as follows: <br /><br />"I, _______________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of ___________________ of the State of Texas, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, so help me God." <br /><br />In addition, before taking the oath of office and beginning the duties of office, each elected or appointed officer required to take the oath must also subscribe to the following statement: I, _______________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not directly or indirectly paid, offered, promised to pay, contributed, or promised to contribute any money or thing of value, or promised any public office or employment for the giving or withholding of a vote at the election at which I was elected or as a reward to secure my appointment or confirmation, whichever the case may be, so help me God." <br /><br />TEX.CONST.,art. XVI, 1.
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