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Horace Worth Vaughan
U.S. District Court
In office
1916–1922
Preceded bySanford B. Dole
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded byJohn Morris Sheppard
Succeeded byEugene Black
Member of the Texas State Senate
In office
1910–1912
District Attorney
In office
1906–1910
City Attorney
Texarkana, Texas
In office
1891–1888
Personal details
Born(1867-12-02)December 2, 1867
Marion County, Texas
DiedNovember 10, 1922(1922-11-10) (aged 54)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Resting placeOahu Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePearl Lockett
ChildrenThree

Horace Worth Vaughan (December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1922) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.

Early life

Vaughan was born to George T. and Tippah Leary Vaughan, on December 2, 1867 in Marion County, Texas.[1]

He was admitted to the bar in 1885.

Legislative career

Texas

From 1890 to 1898 he was city attorney for Texarkana, Texas.[2] From 1910 until 1912 he was a member of the Texas State Senate and in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.

Hawaii

Vaughan moved to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii and became assistant United States district attorney on October 1, 1915. By December 22, 1915 he was promoted to United States district attorney, and after the retirement of Sanford B. Dole was appointed by Woodrow Wilson as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii on May 15, 1916.[3]

Vaughan was a political supporter of Woodrow Wilson and advocated states to pass prohibition, which he opposed at a national level because he believed that it would violate states rights.

Personal life and death

Vaughn married Pearl Lockett on November 21, 1888. The couple had three children.

On November 10, 1922 he was found dead in his Honolulu home with a bullet wound to his neck and a gun by his side. He is believed to have committed suicide.[4] He was buried in Oahu Cemetery.[2]

His daughter Jean Vaughan Gilbert (1904–1975) was one of the first women lawyers in Hawaii, and became city attorney of Honolulu.[5]

Fraternal memberships

References

  1. ^ Harper Jr., Cecil. "Horace Worth Vaughan". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b Ben R. Guttery (March 2, 2008). Representing Texas. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4196-7884-4.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Federal Judge Dead". Associated Press. 11 November 1922.
  5. ^ Bambi E. Weil (September 1992). "Jean Vaughan Gilbert". In Mari J. Matsuda (ed.). Called from within: early women lawyers of Hawaiʻi. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 86–104. ISBN 978-0-8248-1448-9.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 1st congressional district
1913–1915 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by U.S. District Court Judge
1916–1922 		Succeeded by
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