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{{Short description|Texas businessman and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=John L. Wortham
| image=J. L. Wortham LCCN2014689235 (cropped).jpg
| title1=[[Texas Secretary of State]]
| term_start1= January 1913
| term_end1= June 1913
| governor1= [[Oscar Branch Colquitt]]
| predecessor1= J. T. Bowman
| successor1= [[Ferdinand C. Weinert]]
| birth_place= [[Freestone County, Texas]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|2|22}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|11|4|1862|7|18}}
}}
'''John Lee Wortham''' (July 18, 1862 – November 4, 1924)<ref name="auto">John L. Wortham Dies in Houston. ''The Dallas Morning News'', 6 Nov 1924. Retrieved 2013-03-02.</ref> was a member of the [[Railroad Commission of Texas]] in 1911, and [[Secretary of State of Texas]] in 1913. Wortham was born in Woodland, [[Freestone County, Texas]].<ref name="auto"/> With his son [[Gus Wortham]], he started the John L. Wortham and Son insurance agency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history |title=History of American General Life Companies |accessdate=2010-11-04|publisher=[[American International Group]] |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707095336/http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Handbook of Texas Online]] |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwo34 |title=Gus Sessions Wortham |accessdate=2010-11-04|publisher= }}</ref> He died in [[Houston]].
==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Railroad Commission of Texas]]▼
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*[http://www.worthaminsurance.com/ John L. Wortham and Son Insurance]
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| title=[[Secretary of State of Texas]]
| before=J. T. Bowman
| after=[[Ferdinand C. Weinert|F. C. Weinert]]
| years=January 1913-June 1913
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[[Category:Secretaries of State of Texas]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Texas]]
[[Category:1862 births]]
[[Category:1924 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American politicians]]
▲[[Category:Members of the Railroad Commission of Texas]]
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