J.O. Smith

Julian Obie Smith

Full Name: Julian Obie Smith
Date of birth: June 13, 1872
Date of death: December 27, 1959

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 127 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop
H 127 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop
H 127 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop
H 127 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop
H 127 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop
H 90 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop
H 90 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Elgin / Bastrop   Bastrop

(1) Editor-publisher. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 127
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 49th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop
House District 127
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945
Legislatures: 48th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop
House District 127
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop
House District 127
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop
House District 127
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop
House District 90
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop
House District 90
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Elgin / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop

(1) Editor-publisher. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Other Resources

  • Dr. W.C. Smith and his son, J.O. Smith, purchased the Elgin Courier in 1901. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Texas).
  • Census of 1880 - Julian O. Smith, Grantville, Coweta County, Georgia, age 8.
    Census of 1930 - Julian O. Smith, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, newspaper editor, age 57, born in Georgia. FamilySearch. 1880 1930
  • Julian Obie Smith, birth date 6/13/1872 in Grantville, Georgia; death date 12/27/1959 in Bastrop, Bastrop County; publisher. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Julian O. Smith, birth date 6/13/1872, death date 12/27/1959, burial in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County. Find a Grave.
  • J.O. Smith, publisher, age 60 in 1933; born in Georgia; died 12/27/1959 at 87 yrs. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
  • Mentioned in obituary for his father, Dr. Wiley C. Smith, Coweta County, Georgia Herald & Advertiser, USGenWeb Project, 1996.

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.O. Smith, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.O. Smith, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.O. Smith, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.O. Smith, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.O. Smith, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.O. Smith, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. T.O. Smith, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

49th R.S. - 1945
Claims and Accounts  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Printing (Vice Chair) 
School Districts  
48th R.S. - 1943
Constitutional Amendments  
Labor  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Public Printing  
47th R.S. - 1941
Common Carriers  
Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
Fireproofing Capitol, Special  
Labor  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Public Printing  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Conservation and Reclamation  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Labor (Chair) 
Public Printing  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Common Carriers  
Labor  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Printing  
36th R.S. - 1919
Common Carriers  
Enrolled Bills  
Insurance  
Labor  
35th R.S. - 1917
Common Carriers  
Irrigation  
Labor  
Liquor Traffic  

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