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William Lafayette McGaughey Full Name: William Lafayette McGaughey Date of birth: February 26, 1837 Date of death: March 28, 1912 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 80 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Tolar / Hood   Hood, Parker, Tarrant H 40 Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 21st (1) (2)   Democrat Granbury / Hood   Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell H 40 Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889 20th (3)   Democrat Granbury / Hood   Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell H 40 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat Granbury / Hood   Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (3) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, "Former State Official Dead: Col. W.L. McGaughey, Who Passed Away at Tolar, Was Once Land Commissioner of Texas," 3/29/1912, p. 11. Dallas Morning News. MCGAUGHEY, WILLIAM L. (1837-1912). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, pp. 136-137. A History of Hood County, Texas: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Leading Men and Women Among the Early Settlers. . .: Also a Sketch of the History of Somervell County., 1895. Biographical sketch, W.L. McGaughey, p. 41. Born 2/26/1837 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch, W.L. McGauhey, pp. 151-152. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887. Biographical sketch, W.L. McGaughey, p. 361. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Biographical sketch, W.L. McGaughey, Commissioner of the General Land Office, pp. 110-111. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch, W.L. McGaughey, Tolar, pp. 128-129. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Private and 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, 16th Alabama Infantry, enlisted 7/15/1861. W.L. McGaughey, Tolar, Hood County, born circa 1836 in Alabama. Pension No. 15700, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Other Resources William Lafayette McGaughey, photo, burial in Granbury Cemetery, Granbury, Hood County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. W.L. McGaughey, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.L. McGaughey, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.L. McGaughey, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Constitutional Amendments   Education (Chair)  Education Department, Special   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   Uniformity of Text-books, Special   University and Medical Branch, Special (Chair)  University of Texas, Investigate, Special   21st R.S. - 1889 Capitol Elevator, Investigate the Cost of Running (Chair)  Education   North Texas Insane Asylum   State Asylums (Chair)  Water Supply   20th R.S. - 1887 Agricultural & Mechanical College at Bryan and the State University, Money and Lands, Select   County Government and County Finance   Drouth (Drought) Sufferers   Insurance, Statistics and History   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Public Health and Vital Statistics   Revenue and Taxation   19th R.S. - 1885 Private Land Claims   Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas   Revenue and Taxation

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