Draft:Benjamin O. Watrous

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Benjamin O. Watrous was a wheelwright, minister, constitutional convention delegate, and state legislator in Texas. He was African American. He was known as Ben Carter when he was young. He was a Republican. He campaigned for a state senate seat in 1869 but lost to Matthew Gaines.

http://www.afrotexan.com/legislators/politicians/watrous.htm

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=ethj

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/forever/biographies/page10.html

https://www.texasalmanac.com/articles/african-american-legislators-of-the-19th-century

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era