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SJ. Jennings

Samuel Josiah Jennings

Full Name: Samuel Josiah "Sam" Jennings
Date of birth: August 7, 1866
Date of death: May 2, 1916

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 40 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (1)   Democrat Kerens / Navarro   Navarro
H 40 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Kerens / Navarro   Navarro

(1) 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).

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House District 40
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kerens / Navarro
Counties in district: Navarro
House District 40
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kerens / Navarro
Counties in district: Navarro

(1) 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).

Biographical Information top

Other Resources

  • Death notice, Hon. Sam J. Jennings, "Died in Waco Last Night: Former Legislator of This County Passes Away," 5/3/1916, p. 5. Death date 5/2/1916 in Waco. Corsicana Daily Sun.
  • Census of 1900 - Sam J. Jennings, Navarro County, age 31, born August 1869 in Mississippi, mch grocer, wife Anna J., sons Wayland G. and Fred B. Jennings.
    Census of 1910 - Samuel J. Jennings, Navarro County, age 42, born circa 1868 in Mississippi, bank cashier, wife Annie J., daughter Annie L., sons Wayland G., Fred B., and Sam J. Jennings, Jr. FamilySearch. 1900 1910
  • Samuel Josiah Jennings in birth records of Fred Baxter Jennings (1890), Wayland George Jennings (1897), Samuel Josiah Jennings, Jr. (1901), and Annie Love Jennings (1905). FamilySearch Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981.
  • Samuel J. Jennings, birth date "August 7, 18--" in Mississippi; death date 5/2/1916 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; real estate. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • S.J. Jennings, birth date 8/7/1966, death date 5/2/1916, burial in Kerens Cemetery, Kerens, Navarro County. Find a Grave.
  • 30th Legislature (1907) - S.J. Jennings, postoffice Kerens, nativity Mississippi, age 40 (born circa 1867), banker and farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

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Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909
Appropriations  
Banks and Banking  
Claims and Accounts (Chair) 
Forestry  
31st R.S. - 1909
Appropriations  
Appropriations Subcommittee on the Blind Institute (Chair) 
Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Normal and College of Industrial Arts  
Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Orphan Home and State Reformatory  
Banks and Banking  
Forestry  
30th R.S. - 1907
Appropriations  
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Insurance  
Revenue and Taxation  

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