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Jesse Richard Smith Full Name: Jesse Richard Smith Other surnames: Jessie Date of birth: May 2, 1872 Date of death: November 29, 1954 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 24 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 8, 1929 40th (1)   39th (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton (1) 40th Legislature - 1/11/1927, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Journal. (2) 39th Legislature - 1/13/1925, p. 1, shows all 31 Senators were elected on 11/4/1924. Senate Journal. (3) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. (4) Jessie R. Smith. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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 Flatwoods, Lawrence County, Tennessee; death date 11/29/1954 in Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas; interment in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County. Obituary, "Judge Jesse R. Smith, 82, pioneer resident of Breckenridge and Stephens County . . . From 1925-1929, Judge Smith served in the Texas State Senate." 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. Photographs Photograph. Jesse R. Smith, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jesse R. Smith, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 39th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 40th R.S. - 1927 Congressional Districts   Counties and County Boundaries   Highways and Motor Traffic   Internal Improvements (Vice Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Public Health   Public Printing   State Institutions and Departments   State Penitentiaries   39th R.S. - 1925 Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts   Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Internal Improvements (Vice Chair)  Penitentiary Investigating Committee   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Highways and Motor Traffic as of 1/23/1925)   State Institutions and Departments   State Penitentiaries

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