Carl Moneyhon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He was born in Brownwood, Texas, and raised on the family ranch in Mason, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in History (1967) and an M.A. in History (1968). He went on to study at the University of Chicago with John Hope Franklin and earned his Ph.D. (1973).
His books on Texas include The Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas (2021), George T. Ruby: Champion of Equal Rights in Reconstruction Texas (2020), Edmund J. Davis: Civil War General, Republican Leader, Reconstruction Governor (2010), Texas after the Civil War: The Struggle of Reconstruction(2004), Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of the Civil War in Texas (1998), and Republicanism in Reconstruction Texas (1980).
In addition he has published numerous articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia articles on Texas topics.
