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Louis J. Wortham

Louis J. Wortham
Full Name: Louis J. Wortham
Birth date: March 1858
Death date: September 10, 1927

Terms of Service

  • House, 34th Legislature
    1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
    Democrat
  • House, 33rd Legislature
    1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
    Democrat
  • House, 32nd (1) (3) (6) Legislature
    1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
    Democrat
  • House, 31st (2) (4) (5) Legislature
    1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
    Democrat
(1) District 18 comprised of Shelby county; District 78 comprised of Tarrant county, pp. 33, 36, Acts 1901, 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 8. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 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.
(3) District 78 represented by Louis J. Wortham, p. 6. House Journal .
(4) District No. 78 - Louis J. Wortham, Fort Worth; W.B. Fitzhugh, Arlington. House Journal .
(5) 78th - W.B. Fitzhugh, Arlington; Louis J. Wortham, Fort Worth. Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide .
(6) District 18 represented by Louis J. Wortham, p. 154. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 39th Legislature, R.S., 3/18/1925, p. 1865, In Memory of Colonel W.B. Wortham (state treasurer, son of William Amos Wortham). Relatives: William Amos Wortham - father, Louis J. Wortham - son. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Author of 5-volume Texas history in LRL collection, 976.4 W899H 1924. A History of Texas: from Wilderness to Commonwealth 1924.
  • Louis J. Wortham, birth date 3/27/1859 in Sulphur Springs, Texas; death date 9/10/1927 in Greenville, Hunt County; journalist. Texas, U.S. Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Ancestry.com .
  • Louis J. Wortham, General-Manager of the Texas World's Fair Commission for the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, state senator, and historian. Phillips, Edward H. (1985) "Texas and the World Fairs, 1851-1935," Volume 23, Issue 2, Article 5, October 1985, pp. 3-13. East Texas Historical Journal .
  • Census of 1860 - Lewis Wortham, Bright Star post office, Hopkins County, age 2, born circa 1858 in Texas, son of W.A. and Adaline Wortham.
    Census of 1870 - Lewis Wortham, Bright Star post office, Hopkins County, age 12, born circa 1858 in Texas, son of William A. and Adeline E. Wortham.
    Census of 1880 - L.J. Wartham [Wortham], Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, age 22, born circa 1858 in Texas, printer.
    Census of 1900 - Lewis Wortham, Austin, Travis County, age 42, born March 1858 in Texas, editor, wife Frue B. Wortham.
    Census of 1910 - Louis J. Wortham, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 55, born circa 1855 in Texas, manager, Star Telegram, wife Fru Wortham. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
    • 1880 1860 1870
  • Louis J. Wortham (1858-1927), photo, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave .
  • Obituary and photo, "Louis J. Wortham, Noted Texas Editor, Dies in Greenville," 9/11/1927, pp. 1, 8. Death date 9/10/1927. "One of the founders of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . . . He was 68 years old last November . . . His only public office was as a legislator from Tarrant County." Editorial, Louis J. Wortham, 9/11/1927, Society and Clubs section, p. 6, signed by Amon G. Carter and others. "Tribute Paid to Wortham at Funeral," 9/12/1927, pp. 1, 2. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
  • Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
  • WORTHAM, LOUIS J. (1859-1927), "born November March 27, 1859, in Sulphur Springs, Texas." Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Biographical sketch, photo, and cartoon, L.J. Wortham. Newspaper Artists' Association, Fort Worth. Makers of Fort Worth, 1914, p. 132, crediting Amon Carter Museum. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
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