Samuel J. Jennings

Full Name: Samuel J. "Sam" Jennings
Date of birth: August 7, 1866
Date of death: May 2, 1916

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	40	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Kerens / Navarro		Navarro
H	40	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Kerens / Navarro		Navarro

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

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House District 40
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kerens / Navarro
Counties in district: Navarro

House District 40
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kerens / Navarro
Counties in district: Navarro

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Other Resources

Death notice, Hon. Sam J. Jennings. "Died in Waco Last Night: Former Legislator of This County Passes Away," 5/3/1916, p. 5. Death date 5/2/1916 in Waco. Corsicana Daily Sun.
Samuel J. Jennings, birth date "August 7, 18--" in Mississippi, death date 5/2/1916 in Waco at the age of 49 years, 8 months, 25 days, burial in Kerens. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
30th Legislature (1907) - S.J. Jennings, postoffice Kerens, nativity Mississippi, age 40 (born circa 1867), banker and farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. SJ. Jennings, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. P.J. Jennings, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Appropriations Banks and Banking Claims and Accounts (Chair) Forestry
31st R.S. - 1909 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on the Blind Institute (Chair) Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Normal and College of Industrial Arts Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Orphan Home and State Reformatory Banks and Banking Forestry
30th R.S. - 1907 Appropriations Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufactures Insurance Revenue and Taxation

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