Matthew Alexander Gaston

Full Name: Matthew Alexander Gaston
Date of birth: November 1, 1832
Date of death: January 9, 1883

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	25	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee		Cherokee
H	3	Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873	12th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee		Cherokee, Houston

(1) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Resolutions relating to R.H.C. Shelton and M.A. Gaston election contest, 6/21/1870, p. 412. Election contest resolved in Gaston's favor, 6/22/1870, p. 418. House Journal. June 21, 1870 June 22, 1870
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal.
(3) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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House District 25
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Alto / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee

House District 3
Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873
Legislatures: 12th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Alto / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee, Houston

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Biographical Sketches

GASTON, MATTHEW ALEXANDER (1832-1883). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, pp. 88-90. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Matthew Alexander Gaston. Cenotaph. Texas State Cemetery.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 18th Texas Infantry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. M.A. Gaston, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M.A. Gaston, 12th Legislature, Austin History Center

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, 12th Legislature, April 18, 1871 (Austin History Center). Austin History Center.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Judiciary No. 2 Military Affairs Penitentiary Public Debt Public Health, Vital Statistics, and History of Texas Public Lands and Land Office Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) State Asylums
12th Adjourned - 1871 Fire Protection of State Buildings Immigration Public Buildings and Grounds State Affairs
12th R.S. - 1871 Public Buildings and Grounds State Affairs
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 House Member Conduct, Select Public Debt
12th Provisional - 1870 Contested House Seats

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