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William Amos Wortham Full Name: William Amos Wortham Date of birth: November 3, 1830 Date of death: October 1, 1910 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 24 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Hopkins S 6 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (2)   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus H 10 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Wood H 25 Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863 9th (3) (4)     Bright Star / Hopkins   Hopkins, Lamar H 10 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (5)     Bright Star / Hopkins   Hopkins (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (2) 15th Legislature - 4/18/1876, p. 1. All Senators listed in roll call as "Senators elect [who] answered to their names, presented their credentials, and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution"; in drawing of Senatorial terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal. (3) Post Office: Bright Starr, County: Hopkins. House Journal. (4) Wortham did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (5) Post Office: Bright Star, County: Hopkins. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 39th Legislature, R.S., 3/18/1925, p. 1865, In Memory of Colonel W.B. Wortham (state treasurer, son of William Amos Wortham). Relatives: William Amos Wortham - father, Louis J. Wortham - son. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, pp. 921-922. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889. Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biography, pp. 12-13. "His home is at Sulphur Springs." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biography, pp. 254-255. "Wortham, of Sulphur Springs." Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Other Resources Biographical information included in sketch of W.B. Wortham, son of William Amos Wortham, Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. WORTHAM, WILLIAM AMOS (1830-1910). "In 1855 he moved to Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County..." Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. William Amos Wortham, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. William Amos Wortham, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. William Amos Wortham, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board. 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 County Government and County Finance   Educational Affairs   Educational Affairs, Subcommittee on (Visit State Schools)   Internal Improvements   Public Printing   Revenue and Taxation   State Fish Commission, Select (Chair)  15th R.S. - 1876 Counties and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Engrossed Bills   Enrolled Bills   Internal Improvements   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Debt   Public Lands   Public Printing (Chair)  Revision of Senate Rules of Order and Joint Committee on Rules of Joint Session   State Asylums   State Penitentiaries   14th R.S. - 1874 Asylums   Internal Improvements   Printing and Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Removal of Judge Martin Wheeler, 5th Judicial District   9th R.S. - 1861 Printing (Chair)  8th R.S. - 1859 Judicial Districts   Printing   Public Buildings   Public Lands

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