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	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).

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House District 80
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tolar / Hood
Counties in district: Hood, Parker, Tarrant

House District 40
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Granbury / Hood
Counties in district: Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell

House District 40
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
Legislatures: 20th ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Granbury / Hood
Counties in district: Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell

House District 40
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Granbury / Hood
Counties in district: Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

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

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. Born 2/27/1836 in Mount Hope, Alabama; died 3/28/1912 in Tolar, Hood County, Texas. Dallas Morning News.
William Lafayette McGaughey, burial in Granbury Cemetery, Granbury, Hood County. No grave marker photo. 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 Information top

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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