Terms of Service

• House, 15th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
  Democrat
  
• House, 10th Legislature
  11/2/1863 - 8/6/1866
   
  

(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. J.S. Griffith, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• GRIFFITH, JOHN SUMMERFIELD (1829-1901). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Texas Cavalry; Texas State Troops, Brigadier General. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, pp. 83-85. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 268-271. Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
• John Summerfield Griffith. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
• Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 24, 112-113, Plate No. 45. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.
• Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .
• Biographical sketch, pp. 166-168. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.

Committee Information

• 15th R.S. - 1876
• Education  
• Finance  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Penitentiary  
• Printing (Chair) 
• 10th R.S. - 1863
• Military Affairs (Chair) 
• Stores and Storing