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William Amos Wortham
Full Name: William Amos Wortham
Date of birth: November 3, 1830
Date of death: October 1, 1910
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
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24
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Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
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18th
(1)
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Democrat
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Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
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Hopkins
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S
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6
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
(2)
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Democrat
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Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
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Franklin, Hopkins, Red River, Titus
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H
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10
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Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
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14th
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Democrat
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Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
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Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Wood
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H
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25
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Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863
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9th
(3)
(4)
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Bright Star / Hopkins
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Hopkins, Lamar
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H
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10
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Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
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8th
(5)
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Bright Star / Hopkins
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Hopkins
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(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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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