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James Foster McGuire
Full Name: James Foster McGuire
Date of birth: December 14, 1838
Date of death: March 10, 1900
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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70
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Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
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21st
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Democrat
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Ledbetter / Fayette
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Fayette
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70
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Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
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20th
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Republican
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Ledbetter / Fayette
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Fayette
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Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2)
Democrat.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
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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).
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"McGuire, of Ledbetter, Democrat, is elected by a majority of nearly 300 over Luck, Republican," 11/6/1886, p. 3.
Galveston Daily News.
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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).
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Independent republican, 1/12/1887, p. 2.
San Antonio Daily Express.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, James Foster McGuire, pp. 152-153.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, James Foster McGuire, pp. 362-363.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, James Foster McGuire, Superintendent of the Reformatory and House of Corrections, p. 142. Born 12/14/1838 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, married Miss S.R. Payne in Washington County, Texas, in February 1861. Elected to the House of the 20th and 21st Legislatures.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Portrait and biographical sketch, J.F. McGuire, Superintendent of the Reformatory and House of Corrections at Gatesville, p. 24.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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| Military Service Notes |
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Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861 in Washington County, nativity Alabama, residence in Washington County. Jas. F. McGuire, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900.
Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Company D, Terry Rangers, Army of Tennessee.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
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| Other Resources |
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James Foster McGuire, Democrat, farmer, age 36 in 1889, born in Alabama.
Card File.
J.F. McGuire, birth date 12/14/1838, death date 3/10/1900, burial in Ledbetter Cemetery, Fayette County.
Find a Grave.
Death notice, Capt. J.F. McGuire, "late superintendent of the state house of correction and reformatory," The Bastrop Advertiser, 3/24/1900, p. 4, crediting Bastrop Public Library. Death date 3/10/1900 in San Antonio.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
J.F. McGuire, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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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.
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