Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Amos Wortham

Full Name: William Amos Wortham
Birth date: November 3, 1830
Death date: October 1, 1910

Terms of Service

House, 18th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
Senate, 15th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
House, 14th Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
House, 9th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 11/2/1863
House, 8th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861

(1) Bright Star, Hopkins County. House Journal .
(2) Bright Starr, Hopkins County. House Journal .
(3) Wortham did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal . April 18, 1876
April 27, 1876

Biographical Notes and Resources

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

Photograph. W.A. Wortham, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Wortham, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Wortham, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 921-922. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. "Dr. Francis." Galveston Daily News .
WORTHAM, WILLIAM AMOS (1830-1910). "In 1855 he moved to Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County . . . " Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical information included in sketch of W.B. Wortham, Executive Department, son of William Amos Wortham, pp. 81-84. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William A. Wortham, Superintendent of the State Orphans' Asylum, pp. 132-133. Born 11/3/1830 in Maury County, County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Biographical sketch, pp. 12-13. "His home is at Sulphur Springs." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, pp. 254-255. "Wortham, of Sulphur Springs." Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.