Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Lafayette McGaughey

Full Name: William Lafayette McGaughey
Birth date: February 26, 1837
Death date: March 28, 1912

Terms of Service

House, 25th Legislature
1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
House, 19th Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) 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) .
(3) 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) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. W.L. McGaughey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. McGaughey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. McGaughey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

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.
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 .
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 .
MCGAUGHEY, WILLIAM L. (1837-1912). Handbook of Texas Online .
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.