Marshall Hiram Gossett

Full Name: Marshall Hiram Gossett
Date of birth: February 3, 1859
Date of death: May 13, 1934

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	16	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Kaufman / Kaufman		Kaufman
H	47	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Kaufman / Kaufman		Kaufman

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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House District 16
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kaufman / Kaufman
Counties in district: Kaufman

House District 47
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kaufman / Kaufman
Counties in district: Kaufman

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, "M.H. Gossett, 75, Former Land Bank President, Passes: Funeral to Be Held Tuesday for Ex-Legislator and Author of Laws," 5/14/1934, section II, pp. 1, 8. Born 2/3/1859 in Cherokee County, "In 1891 and 1893 he was elected to the Legislature from Kaufman County . . . author of the famous Alien Land Law now on the Statute books of Texas, and was coauthor and floor leader in the House when the stock and bond law was passed."
"Gossett Funeral Will Be Tuesday," 5/15/1934, p. 1; "M.H. Gossett," 5/16/1934, p. 6. Dallas Morning News.
Biographical sketch, M.H. Gossett, included in "The Federal Land Bank of Houston," Volume 2, p. 2122. The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.

Other Resources

Marshall H. Gossett, Dallas, 1907-1917, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1900 - Marshal Ham Gossett, Kaufman, Kaufman County, age 42, born April 1858 in Texas, lawyer, wife Willie M., son Garry M., daughters Katherine, Nancy L., and Sallie.
Census of 1910 - Matt Gossett, Dallas County, age 53, born circa 1857 in Texas, lawyer, wife Willie M., son Garry, daughters Catherine, Nancy Lee, and Sarah. FamilySearch. 1900 1910
Judge M. Hiram Gossett, birth date 2/3/1859 in Cherokee County, Indiana; death date 5/13/1934 in Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas; retired, Pres. Federal Farm Loan Bank, Houston, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
M.H. Gossett, birth date 2/3/1859, death date 5/13/1934, burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Find a Grave.
23rd Legislature (1893) - M.H. Gossett, postoffice Kaufman, nativity Texas, age 33 (born circa 1860), lawyer, 33 years in Texas, member of previous legislatures: 22nd, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. M.H. Gossett, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. M.H. Gossett, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Impeachment of Land Commissioner Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) Private Land Claims
22nd R.S. - 1891 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Department, Examine Internal Improvements Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Private Land Claims Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts

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