Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Foster McGuire

Full Name: James Foster McGuire
Birth date: December 14, 1838
Death date: March 10, 1900

Terms of Service

House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Republican

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) "McGuire, of Ledbetter, Democrat, is elected by a majority of nearly 300 over Luck, Republican," 11/6/1886, p. 3. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(4) 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) .
(5) 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) .
(6) Independent republican, 1/12/1887, p. 2. San Antonio Daily Express .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.F. McGuire, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861 in Washington County, nativity Alabama, residence in Washington County. Jas. F. McGuire, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
J.F. McGuire, birth date 12/14/1838, death date 3/10/1900, burial in Ledbetter Cemetery, Fayette County. Find a Grave .
James Foster McGuire, Democrat, farmer, age 36 in 1889, born in Alabama. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Biographical sketch, James Foster McGuire, pp. 152-153. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, James Foster McGuire, pp. 362-363. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, James Foster McGuire, Superintendent of the Reformatory and House of Corrections, p. 142. Born 12/14/1838 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, married Miss S.R. Payne in Washington County, Texas, in February 1861. Elected to the House of the 20th and 21st Legislatures. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Confederate States Army, Company D, Terry Rangers, Army of Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Death notice, Capt. J.F. McGuire, "late superintendent of the state house of correction and reformatory," The Bastrop Advertiser, 3/24/1900, p. 4, crediting Bastrop Public Library. Death date 3/10/1900 in San Antonio. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Portrait and biographical sketch, J.F. McGuire, Superintendent of the Reformatory and House of Corrections at Gatesville, p. 24. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.