Terms of Service

• Senate, 27th ^{(1) (4)} Legislature
  1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
  Democrat
  Dean of the Senate.
• Senate, 26th ⁽³⁾ & 25th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/12/1897 - 1/8/1901
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 24th ⁽⁵⁾ & 23rd ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1893 - 1/12/1897
  Democrat
  

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1902 due to redistricting. Act approved Sep. 6, 1901, 27th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 6, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. D.F. Goss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. D.F. Goss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. D.F. Goss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. D.F. Goss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. D.F. Goss, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Census of 1900 - Demosthenes T. Goss, Baylor County, age 45, born April 1855 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Estelle T. Goss, father Ephraim Goss.
  Census of 1910 - Demosthanes F. Goss, Seymour, Baylor County, age 54, lawyer, spouse Estella.
  Census of 1920 - D.F. Goss, Seymour, Baylor County, age 64, lawyer, spouse Estell.
  FamilySearch . 1900 1910
1920
• D.F. Goss, birth date 4/25/1855 in Texas; death date 5/11/1925 in Dallas, Dallas County; residence in Seymour; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• D.F. Goss, birth date 4/25/1855, death date 5/11/1925, burial in Masonic Cemetery, Seymour, Baylor County; biographical sketch of Honorable Demosthenes Franklin Goss. Find a Grave .
• Demosthenes F. Goss. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
• Reprint of Waco Times-Herald, March 4, 1898: "Senator D.F. Goss of Baylor county, spent yesterday in the city with friends. Senator Goss is a candidate for land commissioner. He leaves today for Corsicana." RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
• Death notice, "Judge D.F. Goss, Former Senator, Dies of Pneumonia," 5/12/1925, p. 21. San Antonio Light .
• Biographical sketch, D.F. Goss, pp. 48-50. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
• Biographical sketch and photo, Demosthenes Franklin Goss (1855-1925). The Strangest Names in American Political History .
• Biographical sketch, D.F. Goss, p. 81. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.

Committee Information

• 27th R.S. - 1901
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Educational Affairs  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Mining and Irrigation  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Rules  
• Stock and Stock-Raising (Chair) 
• 26th R.S. - 1899
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Educational Affairs (Chair) 
• Insurance, Statistics and History  
• Judicial Districts  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Rules  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 25th R.S. - 1897
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Frontier Protection  
• General Land Office  
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Lands (Chair) 
• Rules  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Uniformity of Text-books, Special  
• 24th R.S. - 1895
• Civil Code, Special  
• Education  
• Frontier Protection  
• General Land Office  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Land Office, Special Joint Committee to Investigate Moving the  
• Mining and Irrigation  
• Private Land Claims  
• Public Lands (Chair) 
• State Asylums  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 23rd R.S. - 1893
• Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Education  
• Federal Relations  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• North Texas Insane Asylum, Joint Committee to visit the  
• Private Land Claims  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Lands  
• Roads and Bridges  
• Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, Joint Committee to visit the  
• Stock and Stockraising  
• Town and City Corporations