Melvin Goddin was a state legislator in Texas.[1]
He was a delegate to the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention. He was one of six African American delegates, all Republicans. He resigned on the convention's second day. He represented the fifteenth district.[2] He resigned, and his place was filled by a Democrat.
References
edit- ^ Alvarez, Elizabeth Cruce; Plocheck, Robert (2011-11-08). Texas Almanac 2012–2013. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0-87611-257-1.
- ^ Pitre, Merline (2016-07-25). Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-62349-483-4.