Jonathan Lewter

Full Name: Jonathan Lewter
Other surnames: Luter
Date of birth: August 5, 1818
Date of death: June 21, 1903

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
H	17	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽¹⁾	Tyler / Smith	Smith
H	17	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th	Tyler / Smith	Smith
H	17	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Troupe / Smith	Smith

(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(3) Party affiliation, Democrat, 8/18/1857, p. 2. Civilian and Gazette (Galveston, Texas).

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House District 17
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽¹⁾
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

House District 17
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

House District 17
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: Troupe / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Jonathan Luter. House Journal. 8th R.S.

Biographical Sketches

LEWTER, JONATHAN (1818-1903). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, Spaight's Regment, Texas Volunteer Infantry, 1861. Jonathan Lewter, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900.
Confederate States Army, Company D, 15th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Polignac's Brigade, per veteran's application. Jonathan Lewter of Dexter, Cooke County, age 81, born circa 1818. Pension File No. 00960, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Captain, 15 Texas Volunteer Infantry Service. Capt. Jonathan Lewter, birth date 8/5/1818, death date 6/21/1903, portrait, burial in Dexter North Cemetery, Dexter, Cooke County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. Jonathan Lewter, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jonathan Lewter, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

11th R.S. - 1866 Claims and Accounts Rules
8th R.S. - 1859 Claims and Accounts Private Land Claims Public Debt
7th R.S. - 1857 Claims and Accounts Private Land Claims Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) Tax Laws and Payment of Taxes Upon Real Estate

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