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Hamilton Prioleau Bee Born ( 1822-07-22 ) July 22, 1822 Charleston, South Carolina Died October 3, 1897 (1897-10-03) (aged 75) San Antonio, Texas Place of burial Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas Allegiance   United States Confederate States of America Service/branch   United States Army   Confederate States Army Years of service 1846–1848 (USA) 1862–1865 (CSA) Rank First Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) Unit 1st Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers (USA) 2nd Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers (USA) Commands held Bee's Cavalry Brigade 1st Div, Wharton's Cavalry Corps Battles/wars Mexican-American War American Civil War Red River Campaign Other work Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1855–57 Hamilton Prioleau Bee (July 22, 1822 – October 3, 1897) was an American politician in early Texas; he was secretary of the Texas Senate in 1846. He served nearly 10 years as representative to the state house beginning in 1849, and for one term as Speaker of the ...

Carlos Bee. Carlos Bee (July 8, 1867 – April 20, 1932) was an attorney and politician, serving as U.S. Representative from Texas. He was a son of Hamilton P. Bee and a great-grandson of Thomas Bee, a politician and judge in South Carolina in the Revolutionary and Federal periods. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Later years 4 Sources Early life and education Carlos Bee was born in 1869 in Saltillo, Mexico, where his parents Hamilton Prioleau Bee and Mildred Tarver Bee had moved from San Antonio after the collapse of the Confederacy and the end of the American Civil War. His father had been a general in the Confederate Army. In 1874, the family returned to San Antonio when Bee was five years old. He attended the public schools and the Agricultural and Mechanical College. He studied law while working as a railway mail clerk. After passing the bar, he started a practice. Career After being admitted to the bar in 1893, Bee started a law practice in San Antonio. He joine...