Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Rowland Gough

Full Name: James Rowland Gough
Birth date: December 31, 1860
Death date: November 19, 1916

Terms of Service

Senate, 26th ⁽²⁾ & 25th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1897 - 1/8/1901
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/21/1897, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
House, 24th Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Democrat
House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 22nd Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

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. J.R. Gough, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Gough, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.R. Gough, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Gough, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Gough, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

James Rowland Gough, news articles under Gough surname and Gough-Hughston House in McKinney. Senator J.R. Gough, interment in Pecan Grove Cemetery, Collin County (from Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough). Collin County, Texas History . Gough-Hughston House News Articles

Pecan Grove Cemetery

James Roland Gough, birth date 12/31/1860, death date 11/19/1916 in Collin County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.R. Gough (1860-1916), portrait, burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County. Find a Grave .
Portrait and biographical sketch, J.R. Gough, pp. 276-279. Relatives: James Rowland Gough - nephew; James F. Rowland - uncle. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Obituary, "J.R. Gough Dies at Home in M'Kinney: Deceased Was for Number of Years Member of the Texas Legislature," Sherman Daily Democrat, 11/20/1916, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .