Francis Marion Dougherty

Full Name: Francis Marion Dougherty
Other surnames: Daugherty
Date of birth: February 13, 1826
Date of death: December 27, 1895

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	50	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke	Cooke
H	50	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke	Cooke
H	6	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th ⁽⁵⁾		Unknown / Collin	Collin

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(3) Bio spells name Dougherty; roster spells name Daugherty. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(5) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 50
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 50
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 6
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th ⁽⁵⁾
Home City/County: Unknown / Collin
Counties in district: Collin

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Captain Francis M. Dougherty, pp. 416-417. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
DOUGHERTY, FRANCIS M. (1826-unknown). Birth date 2/13/1826, "buried in Brownfield Cemetery [Terry County] sometime after the first burial occurred there in 1905." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Francis M. Dougherty, p. 265. Birth date 1/13/1829. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 16th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Historical marker, F.M. Dougherty, Gainesville, Cooke County. Francis Marion Dougherty, birth date 2/13/1826, death date 12/27/1895. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

Photograph. F.M. Dougherty, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Finance Privileges and Elections Public Lands and Land Office State Asylums State Printing Office at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Stockraising
16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising Finance Internal Improvements Judicial Districts, Select Penal Code, Select Printing Public Lands and Land Office State Asylums
6th R.S. - 1855 Claims and Accounts Contingent Expenses Indian Affairs Land Office Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

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