Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	19-5	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris
H	15	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris
H	15-4	May 27, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921	36th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris

(1) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 37th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual.
(2) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to J. Lewis Thompson, Loyd J. Smith, and G.T. Bludworth), 5/27/1920, p. 49. No committee appointments listed for Thompson or Smith in 3rd-4th C.S.; Bludworth appointed to Education 5/27/1920. House Journal.
(3) "Davidson Winner in Senatorial Race," 3/11/1920, p. 11. "Captain C.C. Beavens, E.W. Neal and J. Lewis Thompson were all easily the successful candidates for representative from the Fifteenth Representative District. In the representative race all of the non-partisan [league] candidates were defeated." Lockhart Post-Register.
(4) In Senate, Lynch Davidson, in special election 3/4/1920, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded Rienzi M. Johnston, resigned 1/12/1920. In House, J. Lewis Thompson, sworn 5/27/1920, succeeded Lynch Davidson, resigned 1/16/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, R.S., HCR 58, endorsing and urging appointment of Colonel J. Lewis Thompson as Assistant Secretary-of-War, 4/7/1933. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, 5th Texas Infantry and 143rd Infantry, 36th Division, World War I. John Lewis Thompson, birth date 2/14/1875 in Rusk County, :drafted into federal service Aug. 5, 1917 as Capt. Inf fr NG." FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
Captain J. Lewis Thompson, Houston's Part in the World War, May Harper Barnes, 1919, p. 82. Google Books.
Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, 36th Division (Texas and Oklahoma National Guard). RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
United States Army, Captain, 143rd Infantry, 36th Division, World War I; later Lieutenant Colonel, 36th Division. Description of military training and service, volume I, p. 254. "During the war he was captain of the One Hundred and Forty-third Infantry. He is now lieutenant colonel of infantry and inspector general of the Thirty-sixth Division." Biographical sketch, Col. J. Lewis Thompson, Volume I, p. 254. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

Col. J. Lewis Thompson, birth date 2/14/1875, death date 8/9/1938, grave marker inscription, burial in Thompson Cemetery, Laird Hill, Rusk County. Find a Grave.
"Move to Boost Houston Man for Governor May Yield New Candidate," 5/12/1920. San Antonio Express.
Mentioned in "Mills of the Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company in 1910," excerpted from "Lone Star Pine," American Lumberman, September 26, 1908, pp. 67-150. Texas Transportation Archive.

Photographs

Photograph. J. Lewis Thompson, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Capt. J. Lewis Thompson, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Capt. J. Louis Thompson, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929 Appropriations Banks and Banking Conservation and Reclamation Military Affairs (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
37th R.S. - 1921 Appropriations Banks and Banking Congressional Districts Insurance Military Affairs (Chair) Penitentiaries
36th R.S. - 1919 Education

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