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James Caldwell Gaither

J.C. Gaither
Full Name: James Caldwell Gaither
Birth date: April 12, 1826
Death date: March 8, 1899

Terms of Service

  • House, 17th (1) (2) (4) Legislature
    1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
  • House, 16th (3) Legislature
    1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
    Democrat
(1) "Falls county gives the National, State and District democratic tickets about 100 majority, "Elections in Texas: returns from different districts," p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.C. Gaither, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
  • Photograph. J.C. Gaither, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

  • James C. Gaither, Sr., birth date 4/12/1826 in Iredell County, North Carolina; death date 3/8/1899; burial in Chilton Cemetery, Chilton, Falls County. Includes portrait of Col. James Caldwell Gaither, 1st Corsicana State Home Superintendent. Find a Grave .
  • Included on list of "Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified From the Census of 1850," in "The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and 1852," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 1, pp. 30-33, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, James C. Gaither. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, p. 933, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Born 4/12/1826 in Iredell County, North Carolina; married Florida Townsend in 1848 in Fayette County; represented Falls County in the 16th and 17th Legislatures. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Mexican War, 1st Lieutenant, Captain Evans' company, John C. Hays' regiment of Texas cavalry. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, p. 933, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
  • Biographical sketch, James Caldwell Gaither, p. 263. Born 4/12/1825 in Iredell County, North Carolina. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
  • "At the commencement of the late civil war, was captain of a cavalry company, raised for service in the Confederate States army, but owing to ill health, resigned the command; was commissioned a major in the State troops, but did no service." Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
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