Background
Vaughan, Horace Worth was born on December 2, 1867 in Marion Company, Texas, United States. Son of George T. and Tippah (Lary) Vaughan.
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Vaughan, Horace Worth was born on December 2, 1867 in Marion Company, Texas, United States. Son of George T. and Tippah (Lary) Vaughan.
Common school education. Studied law under father.
He was admitted to the bar in 1885. Texas
From 1890 to 1898 he was city attorney for Texarkana, Texas. 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.
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. 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.
He was buried in Oahu Cemetery. Freemasons
Odd Fellows
Woodmen of the World.
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.
Married Pearl Lockett, November 21, 1888.