Daniel Gault

Daniel Gault
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
In office 1876–1878 1903–1905
Constituency	Washington County
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
In office 1882–1884
Constituency	Multnomah County
Personal details
Born	May 8, 1842 Davis County, Iowa
Died	April 20, 1912(1912-04-20) (aged 69) Oregon
Resting place	Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Anna Rebecca Howell Lydia E. Humphrey
Alma mater	Tualatin Academy
Religion	Congregational

Daniel M. C. Gault (May 8, 1842 – April 20, 1912) was a newspaperman, educator and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Iowa, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his family as a child where he became a teacher in several locales. A Republican, he served three terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly over a period of nearly 30 years. He also worked for several newspapers and founded two others.

Daniel Gault was born on May 8, 1842, in Davis County, Iowa, along the border with Missouri. He was the one of five children of John Gault, a farmer and carpenter, and Lucy McClein. Daniel’s father was from Massachusetts and his mother from Kentucky. In 1852, the family moved to the Oregon Territory to a farm eight miles southwest of Portland, near what was then Tigardville.

In Oregon, Gault received his education at Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove. His mother died in 1858 and his father in 1861, and at that time Gault began a long career as a teacher, first in Walla Walla, Washington. In 1865, he started in the newspaper field as the editor of the Jacksonville Sentinel, continuing until 1868. While editor, he also read law for the three years he was in the Southern Oregon community of Jacksonville. In 1867, he married Anna Rebecca Howell, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. The family then moved to Salem and worked for the Daily Statesman for one year. While in Salem, he also taught mathematics at Willamette University.

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