The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85â315, 71 Stat. 634, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts.is speech set the record for a Senate filibuster. The bill passed the House with a vote of 285 to 126 (Republicans 167â19 for, Democrats 118â107 for) and the Senate 72 to 18 (Republicans 43â0 for, Democrats 29â18 for). President Eisenhower signed it on September 9, 1957.
The current mayor of Alvin, Texas, is Paul Horn. Alvin is located in Brazoria County and was incorporated in 1893.
THORNTON, TX (TRINITY COUNTY) THORNTON, TEXAS (Trinity County). Thornton is a farming community on State Highway 94 ten miles west of Groveton in western Trinity County. It was named for James D. Thornton, who moved to Trinity County from Mississippi in 1858 with his family and a group of other settlers and established a community on Little White Rock Creek.