{{Short description|American businessman and politician (1848–1933)}} {{Infobox officeholder | state_house = Texas | district = 91st | image = Howard Bland.jpg | caption = Bland in 1915 | term_start = January 12, 1915 | term_end = January 9, 1917 | party = Democratic | birth_date = May 5, 1848 | death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|3|9|1848|5|5}} | birth_place = Zanesville, Ohio, US | rank = Colonel }}
'''Howard Bland Sr.''' (May 5, 1848 – March 9, 1933) was an American businessman and politician.
== Biography == Bland was born on May 5, 1848, in Zanesville, Ohio. He moved to Taylor, Texas in 1878 to work as a businessman. He also founded the ''Taylor Press''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard Bland, Sr. Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=4281 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> In 1880, he returned to Zanesville to marry Augusta Schultz.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1933-03-10 |title=Howard Bland, Sr. Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taylor-daily-press-howard-bland-sr/40507558/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The Taylor Daily Press |pages=1}}</ref>
Bland served as a Democratic member of the 34th Texas Legislature from the 91st District. He served from January 12, 1915, to January 9, 1917.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislative Reference Library {{!}} Legislators and Leaders {{!}} Member profile |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=2657#bio |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=lrl.texas.gov}}</ref> In 1919, he was selected by William P. Hobby to represent Texas at the World's Cotton Fair.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-05-01 |title=Col Howard Bland |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taylor-daily-press-col-howard-bland/6380952/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The Taylor Daily Press |pages=1}}</ref> Bland died on March 9, 1933.<ref name=":0" />
Bland was also a settler of Zella, Texas, which was named for his daughter Zella.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Zella, TX |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/zella-tx |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref>
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