John Lee Wortham

John Lee Wortham, was on the Railroad Commission of Texas in 1911 and Secretary of State of the State of Texas in 1913.

Biography

With Gus Wortham he started the John L. Wortham and Son insurance agency.^[1]^[2]

^ "History of American General Life Companies". American International Group. http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/aboutus_whyaigag_history. Retrieved 2010-11-04. "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."
^ "Gus Sessions Wortham". Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwo34. Retrieved 2010-11-04. "In 1915 he and his father moved to Houston and co-founded an insurance agency, John L. Wortham and Son."