About Jewel P. Lightfoot
Lived 1873 – 1950 (aged 77). Jewel P. Lightfoot was a lawyer.
Jewel Preston Lightfoot (January 21, 1873 – July 14, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the Texas Attorney General from 1910 to 1912.
Biography Lightfoot was born on January 21, 1873, in Columbia County, Arkansas, the son of Elijah Ward Lightfoot and Lucy Adele (née Reynolds) Lightfoot. His family returned to their home, Pittsburg, Texas, the same year of his birth. Educated at public schools, he graduated from Jeff Davis College, in Pittsburg, in 1890. until his resignation in 1912, having been appointed by Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell.
After resigning, Lightfoot returned to practicing law, in Austin. From 1918 to 1926, he represented Wilson & Co., a Chicago meat-packing company. He then moved to Fort Worth and became a member of the law firm Lightfoot, Robertson, Saunders, & Gano.
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Who was Jewel P. Lightfoot?
American lawyer and politician (1873–1950)
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Jewel P. Lightfoot was born on 21 January 1873.
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Jewel P. Lightfoot died on 14 July 1950.
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Jewel P. Lightfoot was a lawyer.
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