Eugene Black (Texas politician)

Eugene Black ( * July 2, 1879 in Blossom, Lamar County, Texas, † May 22 1975 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1929 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Eugene Black attended the public schools of his home. In the years 1898-1900 he taught himself as a teacher in Lamar County. He also was employed by the post office in Blossom. After a subsequent law degree from Cumberland University in Lebanon (Tennessee ) and his 1905 was admitted as a lawyer, he started working in Clarksville in this profession. He also worked in retail.

Politically, Black joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1914, he was elected in the first district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Horace Worth Vaughan on March 4, 1915. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1929 seven legislative sessions. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. Also, were ratified in 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment.

In 1928, Eugene Black was not nominated by his party for re-election. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1929 to 1966, he worked for the United States Board of Tax Appeals, based in the capital city Washington. There he died on 22 May 1975 at the age of 95 years.