Texas Legislators: Past & Present

J. Lewis Thompson

Full Name: John Lewis Thompson
Birth date: February 14, 1875
Death date: August 9, 1938

Terms of Service

House, 41st Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat
House, 37th Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
House, 36th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
5/27/1920 - 1/11/1921
Democrat

(1) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to J. Lewis Thompson, Loyd J. Smith, and G.T. Bludworth), 5/27/1920, p. 49. No committee appointments listed for Thompson or Smith in 3rd-4th C.S.; Bludworth appointed to Education 5/27/1920. House Journal .
(2) "Davidson Winner in Senatorial Race," 3/11/1920, p. 11. "Captain C.C. Beavens, E.W. Neal and J. Lewis Thompson were all easily the successful candidates for representative from the Fifteenth Representative District. In the representative race all of the non-partisan [league] candidates were defeated." Lockhart Post-Register .
(3) In Senate, Lynch Davidson, in special election 3/4/1920, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded Rienzi M. Johnston, resigned 1/12/1920. In House, J. Lewis Thompson, sworn 5/27/1920, succeeded Lynch Davidson, resigned 1/16/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 37th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, R.S., HCR 58, endorsing and urging appointment of Colonel J. Lewis Thompson as Assistant Secretary-of-War, 4/7/1933. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

Photograph. J. Lewis Thompson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Capt. J. Louis Thompson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Capt. J. Lewis Thompson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

United States Army, 5th Texas Infantry and 143rd Infantry, 36th Division, World War I. John Lewis Thompson, birth date 2/14/1875 in Rusk County, :drafted into federal service Aug. 5, 1917 as Capt. Inf fr NG." FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
Col. J. Lewis Thompson, birth date 2/14/1875, death date 8/9/1938, grave marker inscription, burial in Thompson Cemetery, Laird Hill, Rusk County. Find a Grave .
Captain J. Lewis Thompson, Houston's Part in the World War, May Harper Barnes, 1919, p. 82. Google Books .
United States Army, Captain, 143rd Infantry, 36th Division, World War I; later Lieutenant Colonel, 36th Division. Description of military training and service, Texas Under Many Flags, 1930, Volume I, p. 254. (Created 6/22/2010.) "During the war he was captain of the One Hundred and Forty-third Infantry. He is now lieutenant colonel of infantry and inspector general of the Thirty-sixth Division." HeritageQuest Online .
Biographical sketch, Col. J. Lewis Thompson, Texas Under Many Flags, 1930, Volume I, p. 254. (Created 6/22/2010.) HeritageQuest Online .
Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, 36th Division (Texas and Oklahoma National Guard). RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
"Move to Boost Houston Man for Governor May Yield New Candidate," 5/12/1920. San Antonio Express .
Mentioned in "Mills of the Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company in 1910," excerpted from "Lone Star Pine," American Lumberman, September 26, 1908, pp. 67-150. Texas Transportation Archive .