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Archer Thomas Gay

Full Name: Archer Thomas Gay
Date of birth: March 16, 1831
Date of death: February 28, 1901

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 104 Jan 8, 1901 - Feb 28, 1901 27th (1)   Democrat Graham / Young   Archer, Baylor, Knox, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Silas R. Crawford, sworn 4/5/1901, succeeded A.T. Gay, died 2/28/1901. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
27th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Graham / Young
Counties in district:
Archer, Baylor, Knox, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young

Terms of service notes


(1) Silas R. Crawford, sworn 4/5/1901, succeeded A.T. Gay, died 2/28/1901. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • 27th Legislature - Announcement of Death of A.T. Gay, 2/28/1901, p. 545; Memorial resolution, p. 548. House Journal.

  • Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, 31st Regiment. Military grave marker, Archer Thomas Gay, birth date 3/16/1831, death date 2/28/1901, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Graham, Young County. Find a Grave.

  • Census of 1900 - Archer L.[T.] Gay, Graham, Young County, age 69, born March 1831 in Tennessee. FamilySearch.
  • "Death of Representative Gay," 3/1/1901, p. 4. Dateline Feb. 28, Galveston - "died here at 2 o'clock last night." Galveston Daily News.
  • A.T. Gay, postoffice Graham, nativity Tennessee, age 66, Democrat. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

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