Carlos Bee | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromTexas's14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | James Luther Slayden |
| Succeeded by | Harry M. Wurzbach |
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| Born | (1867-07-08)July 8, 1867 |
| Died | April 20, 1932(1932-04-20) (aged 64) San Antonio, Texas |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Kyle Burleson |
| Relations | Barnard Elliott Bee Jr.(uncle) Barnard E. Bee Sr.(grandfather) Thomas Bee(great-grandfather) |
| Children | Carlos Bee |
| Parent(s) | Hamilton P. Bee Mildred Tarver |
Carlos Bee (July 8, 1867 – April 20, 1932) was an attorney and politician, serving asU.S. Representative fromTexas. He was a son ofHamilton P. Bee and a great-grandson ofThomas Bee, a politician and judge in South Carolina in the Revolutionary and Federal periods.
Carlos Bee was born in 1867 inSaltillo,Mexico, where his parents Hamilton Prioleau Bee and Mildred Tarver Bee had moved fromSan Antonio after the collapse of theConfederacy and the end of theAmerican Civil War. His father had been a general in the Confederate Army.
In 1874, when Bee was about seven years old, the family returned to San Antonio. He attended the public schools and theAgricultural and Mechanical College. He studied law while working as a railway mail clerk. After passing the bar, he started a law practice.
After being admitted to the bar in 1893, Bee started a law practice in San Antonio. He joined theDemocratic Party and was appointed as United States commissioner for the western district of Texas in 1893.[1] On January 16, 1895, Bee married Mary Kyle Burleson (December 14, 1873—April 3, 1923), who was the daughter of Emma (née Kyle) and Edward Burleson.[2][3][4] His wife was one of the founders of thePan-American Round Tables.[5]
He was appointed as district attorney of the thirty-seventh judicial district, serving 1898–1905. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904 and 1908, and was elected as chairman in 1904. In his first electoral office, Bee served as a member of the city school board of San Antonio 1906–1908. He was appointed as president of the county school board ofBexar County, Texas from 1912 to 1914.
In 1914, Bee was elected as a member of theTexas State Senate, serving 1915–1919.
In 1918, he was elected as aDemocrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921). In 1920, he ran unsuccessfully in the primary for re-election to the Sixty-seventh Congress.
After his defeat in the primary, Bee returned to the practice of law in San Antonio. He worked there until his death there on April 20, 1932.[6] Within a month of his death, Bee's second wife, Mary Elizabeth "Bettie Mae" (née Oliver) died on 27 May 1932.[1][7] He was interred in the Confederate Cemetery. His son,Carlos Bee, was mayor ofHayward, California and served in theCalifornia State Assembly.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromTexas's 14th congressional district March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | Succeeded by |
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