Terms of Service

• House, 33rd Legislature
  1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
  Democrat
  
• House, 32nd Legislature
  1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
  Democrat
  
• House, 29th Legislature
  1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
  Democrat
  
• House, 28th Legislature
  1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
  Democrat
  
• House, 27th Legislature
  1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 37th Legislature, R.S., 1/24/1921, p. 214. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. J.L. Fountain, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.L. Fountain, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.L. Fountain, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.L. Fountain, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dr. J.L. Fountain, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, James L. Fountain, Volume IV, p. 2018. Born 2/5/1853. "Mr. Fountain is a Democrat by birth, and in 1876 he cast his first presidential vote for Samuel Tilden." A History of Texas and Texans 1916.
• J.L. Fountain, birth date 2/5/1853 in Alabama; death date 1/7/1921 in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas; dentist retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• James Lyde Fountain, birth date 2/5/1853, death date 1/7/1921, burial in Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, Dr. James L. Fountain, pp. 128-129. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.

Committee Information

• 33rd R.S. - 1913
• Appropriations  
• Banks and Banking  
• Counties  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• 32nd R.S. - 1911
• Appropriations  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on the Medical Department of the State University (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• 29th R.S. - 1905
• Education  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Debt  
• Public Health  
• State Asylums  
• 28th R.S. - 1903
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Public Debt  
• Public Health and Vital Statistics  
• Railroad Commission  
• State Asylums  
• 27th R.S. - 1901
• Agricultural and Mechanical College and Prairie View Normal and Industrial College (Chair) 
• Education  
• Finance  
• Public Debt  
• Railroad Commission  
• Representative Districts  
• Sam Houston Normal Institute (Chair)