In 1882, Walter Burton left the Texas state senate, a body that did not again have an African American member until 1966.
Walter Burton was a republican politician, a vice president, a farmer, and a sheriff who served as the state senator of Texas - a fort bend country.
He was born during the slavery time period, however, at 21 age, he was moved to Texas as a slave by his master.
During slavery, he learned to read and write from his master, Thomas Burton.
In 1869, he became a tax collector and the first black American Sherrif ever in the history of the US.
In 1874 he joined the Texas senate but left the Texas senate in 1884 and became a member of the state executive.
To put it simply, Walter Burton served in Texas state for almost seven years (1874- 1875 and 1876 to 1882) and introduced many bills regarding access to free and fair education for all Africans.
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