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James V. Lea
Full Name: James Vernon Lea
Date of birth: January 12, 1850
Date of death: July 4, 1928
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Terms of Service top
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Jan 23, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
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14th
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Democrat
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Cold Spring / San Jacinto
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Grimes, Madison, San Jacinto, Walker
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The first post office, named Coonskin, was opened in 1847. Within a year the office was renamed Fireman's Hill, and in 1850 the name was changed to Cold Spring, officially respelled Coldspring in 1894.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Election contest committee appointment and report, 1/23/1874, pp. 8, 31-32.
House Journal.
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James V. Lea unseated Sam Y. Smith in election contest 1/23/1874.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biography, Sam Y. Smith, pp. 94-95. Birth date 9/29/1841. Smith was elected "in 1874 as a Democratic member of the 14th Texas Legislature, and held the position for two weeks; resigned it to J.V. Lea, also a Democrat, who had received a larger number of votes than himself, but who was refused the certificate of election in consequence of informality in returns. Mr. Smith's magnanimous conduct in giving the position to Mr. Lea was recognized by the House as an act worthy of special mention."
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
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James V. Lea, born in Texas ca. 1852, lawyer, spouse Mary Alice Lea. Census of 1880, San Jacinto County; Census of 1900, 1910, and 1920, Houston, Harris County.
Ancestry.com.
Obituary, "Rites for Judge James Lea to Be Held Here Thursday," 7/5/1928, p. 4. Birth date 1/12/1850 in Cold Spring, "elected to the state legislature at the age of 20, this precocious accomplishment being made possible only by legislative act making him legally of age."
Daily Court Review (Harris County, Texas).
J.V. Lea, Cold Spring, San Jacinto County, lawyer, born in Texas, age 23 (born ca. 1851).
Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
Judge James Vernon Lea, birth date 1/12/1850, death date 7/4/1928, spouse Mary Alice Lea, interment in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County.
Find a Grave.
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Photograph.
James V. Lea, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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