Richard Montgomery Gano
Full Name: Richard Montgomery GanoDate of birth: June 17, 1830
Date of death: March 27, 1913
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 43 | Nov 4, 1861 - Feb 2, 1863 | 9th (1) | Fort Worth / Tarrant | Tarrant |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) James P. Alford, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Richard M. Gano. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 9th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Fort Worth / Tarrant
- Counties in district:
- Tarrant
Terms of service notes
(1) James P. Alford, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Richard M. Gano. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Biographical Information
- Portrait, 9th Legislature, Regular Session. House Journal.
- Biographical sketch, General R.M. (Richard M.) Gano, pp. 315-317. Elected to Legislature from Tarrant County in 1860. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, General R.M. Gano, pp. 176-177. "In 1860 he was elected to the legislature from Tarrant county." The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- GANO, RICHARD MONTGOMERY (1830-1913). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, 7th Kentucky Cavalry; Brigadier General. Richard Montgomery Gano. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, 7th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Colonel, Gano's Texas Cavalry Battalion; promoted to Brigadier General, 3/17/1865. Biographical sketch, portrait, pp. 5, 32-33, 77-78, Plate No. 5. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
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