Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Jesse Richard Smith

Full Name: Jesse Richard Smith
Other surnames: Jessie
Birth date: May 2, 1872
Death date: November 29, 1954

Terms of Service

Senate, 40th ⁽³⁾ & 39th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1925 - 1/8/1929
Democrat

(1) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) Jessie R. Smith. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Jesse R. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jesse R. Smith, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "Ex-State Senator, Jesse Smith, Dies," 11/30/1954, p. 6-A. Jesse R. Smith, birth date 5/2/1872, death date 11/29/1954. State senator 1925-1929. Married to Mrs. Irene Smith 1/4/1943 in the State Senate chamber in Austin. Abilene Reporter-News .
Jesse Richard Smith, birth date 5/2/1872 in Tennessee; death date 11/29/1954 in Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas; rancher. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Jesse R. Smith, obituary, birth date 5/2/1872, death date 11/29/1954, burial in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County. Find a Grave .
Smith, Jesse R. - of Breckenridge, Stephens County, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries .
40th Legislature (1927) - Jesse R. Smith, postoffice Breckenridge, Stevens [sic] County, nativity Tennessee, age 52 (born circa 1875), farmer, banker, Democrat, member of former legislatures: 39th Senate. Texas Legislative Manual .