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Houston A.P. Bassett

1857–1920

United States

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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.

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