Eugene Black (July 2 1879 – May 22 1975) was an American lawyer teacher and grocer who was the Democratic United States Representative from the First District of Texas from 1915 to 1929. In 1929 he was appointed by President Hoover to serve on the United States Board of Tax Appeals on which he served until 1966.Born near Blossom Lamar County Texas Black attended Blossom’s public schools and taught school in Lamar county from 1898 to 1900.
