Politics
Sutton served as a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. When the Texas House of Representatives redrew their districts in 1972, Sutton became the first black official elected in San Antonio. He served in that capacity until his death on his birthday in 1976. With the encouragement of his best friend Rev. Claude Black, his wife Lou Nelle Sutton would run and succeed her husband in the Texas House of Representatives.
There is a Federal building named in his honor, which is located in San Antonio.It is locate at the out skirts of downtown at 321. N.Center St.It has become an office building for Health and Human Service Commission(HHSC).
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