Horace W. Vaughan
Horace Worth Vaughan | |
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Eugene Black | |
Member of the Texas Senate from the 1st district | |
In office January 14, 1911 – April 1, 1913 | |
Preceded by | James M. Terrell |
Succeeded by | Absolom C. Oliver |
Personal details | |
Born | Marion County, Texas, U.S. | December 2, 1867
Died | November 10, 1922 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S. | (aged 54)
Resting place | Oahu Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Pearl Lockett (m. 1888) |
Children |
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Horace Worth Vaughan (December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1922) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. In 1916, he was appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii, where he lived the rest of his life.
Early life
Vaughan was born to attorney George T. Vaughan and his wife Tippah Leary Vaughan, on December 2, 1867, in Marion County, Texas.[1] He was of English ancestry, descended from early Jamestown, Virginia, settler John Vaughn. He married Pearl Lockett in 1888. They were the parents of Aileen, Robert Louis and Jean.[2]
He was mostly self-taught, by reading his father's books. He was admitted to the bar in 1885, and began an active practice the next year.[2]
Legislative career
Vaughan was opposed to a national
Texas
From 1890 to 1898, he was city attorney for Texarkana, Texas.[4] From 1911 until 1912, he was a member of the
Hawaii
He was relocated to
Personal life and death
Vaughan married Pearl Lockett on November 21, 1888. The couple had three children.
Their only son US Navy Lt. Robert Louis Vaughan (1892–1920) died in a plane crash related to his military service. Believed to be despondent over the death of his son, Horace Vaughan was found on November 10, 1922, in his Honolulu home with a bullet wound to his neck and a gun by his side, an apparent suicide.[6][7] He was buried in Oahu Cemetery.[4] Pearl Vaughan died in 1960.
Oldest daughter Aileen V. Eppler (1890–1976) was the wife of Texas financial consultant William E. Eppler. At some point, the Eppler family moved to New Jersey where Aileen died at age 85.[8]
Youngest daughter Jean Vaughan Gilbert (1904–1975) was one of the first women lawyers in Hawaii, and became city attorney of Honolulu. She died in 1975 in Honolulu.[9]
Fraternal memberships
- Freemasons
- Odd Fellows
- Woodmen of the World
References
- ^ a b Harper Jr., Cecil. "Horace Worth Vaughan". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^ a b c Siddall, John William (1917). Men of Hawaii: being a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands: volume 2. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 391. Retrieved January 1, 2018 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Elizabeth H. Ryan, ed. (1918). Reports of causes determined in the United States District court for the district of Hawaii. Hawaiian Gazette company. p. iii.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4196-7884-4.
- ^ Vaughan, Horace W. "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Member profile". lrl.texas.gov. State of Texas. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "Former U. S. Judge Suicide in Hawaii". The Washington Herald. November 11, 1922. pp. 5, col. 5. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ "Federal Judge Dead". Associated Press. November 11, 1922.
- ^ "Aleen V. Eppier, Judge's Daughter". Bernardsville News – via Newspapers.com (subscription required) . January 8, 1976. p. 6, col. 4. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-8248-1448-9.
External links
- United States Congress. "Horace W. Vaughan (id: V000075)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Vaughan, Horace Worth from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Horace W. Vaughan at Find a Grave