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'''John Lee Wortham''' (July 18, 1862 – November 4, 1924)<ref>John L. Wortham Dies in Houston. ''The Dallas Morning News'', 6 Nov 1924. Retrieved 2013-03-02.</ref> was on the [[Railroad Commission of Texas]] in 1911 and Secretary of State of the State of Texas in 1913. Wortham was born in Woodland, [[Freestone County, Texas]].<ref>John L. Wortham Dies in Houston. ''The Dallas Morning News'', 6 Nov 1924. Retrieved 2013-03-02.</ref> With [[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 |quote=Our founder, Gus S. Wortham, had operated a successful insurance agency in Houston in 1915 and had a vision for such a company. With the backing of his father and several prominent business associates, he launched the American General Insurance Company on May 8, 1926, one of the first multi-line insurance companies in the nation. |publisher=[[American International Group]] }}</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 |quote=In 1915 he and his father moved to Houston and co-founded an insurance agency, John L. Wortham and Son. |publisher= }}</ref> He died in [[Houston]].▼
▲Wortham was born in Woodland, [[Freestone County, Texas]].<ref>John L. Wortham Dies in Houston. ''The Dallas Morning News'', 6 Nov 1924. Retrieved 2013-03-02.</ref> With [[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 |quote=Our founder, Gus S. Wortham, had operated a successful insurance agency in Houston in 1915 and had a vision for such a company. With the backing of his father and several prominent business associates, he launched the American General Insurance Company on May 8, 1926, one of the first multi-line insurance companies in the nation. |publisher=[[American International Group]] }}</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 |quote=In 1915 he and his father moved to Houston and co-founded an insurance agency, John L. Wortham and Son. |publisher= }}</ref> He died in [[Houston]].
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