Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	5	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901	25th (2) (3)   26th (1)	Democrat	McKinney / Collin	Senate President Pro Tempore (25th)	Collin, Hunt
H	14	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	McKinney / Collin		Collin
H	14	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	McKinney / Collin		Collin
H	28	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd	Democrat	McKinney / Collin		Collin

(1) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 25th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/21/1897, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(3) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

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.

Biographical Sketches

• 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).

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.

Photographs

• Photograph. J.R. Gough, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.R. Gough, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.R. Gough, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.R. Gough, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.R. Gough, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
• 26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
• 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
• 23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
• 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899 Agricultural Affairs   Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Internal Improvements   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules (Chair)  State Affairs (Chair)  State Asylums

25th R.S. - 1897 Constitutional Amendments   Education   Engrossing (Chair)  Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2   Mining and Irrigation   Privileges and Election   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands   Rules   State Asylums (Chair)

24th R.S. - 1895 Bribery in Frost-O'Neal Case, Investigate   Engrossed Bills   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Rules

23rd R.S. - 1893 Education (Chair)  Finance   Impeachment of Land Commissioner   Investigate Certain Charges Against Land Commissioner   Judiciary No. 1   Rules   State Institutions of Learning, Joint Committee on   Stock and Stockraising

22nd R.S. - 1891 Commerce and Manufactures   Federal Relations   Mining and Minerals   Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts