Joshua Hopkins Speights
Full Name: Joshua Hopkins SpeightsDate of birth: December 7, 1819
Date of death: August 25, 1889
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 30 | Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 | 8th | Milam / Sabine | Jasper, Newton, Sabine | ||
| H | 30 | Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 | 5th | Milam / Sabine | Jasper, Newton, Sabine | ||
| H | 4 | Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 | 4th | Milam / Sabine | Jasper, Newton, Sabine | ||
| H | 22 | Aug 16, 1850 - Nov 3, 1851 | 3rd (1) | Milam / Sabine | Newton, Sabine |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Joshua H. Speights, sworn 8/16/1850, succeeded Edgar A. Whittlesey, reported removed from state, 7/14/1850. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 8th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Milam / Sabine
- Counties in district:
- Jasper, Newton, Sabine
- Legislatures:
- 5th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Milam / Sabine
- Counties in district:
- Jasper, Newton, Sabine
- Legislatures:
- 4th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Milam / Sabine
- Counties in district:
- Jasper, Newton, Sabine
- Legislatures:
- 3rd (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Milam / Sabine
- Counties in district:
- Newton, Sabine
Terms of service notes
(1) Joshua H. Speights, sworn 8/16/1850, succeeded Edgar A. Whittlesey, reported removed from state, 7/14/1850. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Biographical Information
- 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, J.H. Speights, age 32, native state Georgia, emigrated from Louisiana in 1843, farmer, postoffice Milam, Sabine County. House Journal.
- SPEIGHTS, JOSHUA HOPKINS (1819-1889). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Joshua Hopkins Speights, birth date 12/7/1819, death date 8/25/1889, burial in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County. Find a Grave.
- Joshua Hopkins Speights. Includes articles in the Sabine County Reporter and portrait of Speights, Joshua Hopkins, Texas State Representative. Strong McLemore Genealogy, 2006.
- Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
- Photograph. Joshua Speights, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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