17 Facts About Daniel Gault

Daniel M C Gault was a newspaperman, educator and politician in the US state of Oregon.

Daniel Gault 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.

Daniel Gault was the one of five children of John Gault, a farmer and carpenter, and Lucy McClein.

In Oregon, Daniel Gault received his education at Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove.

Daniel Gault's 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.

Daniel Gault followed this by starting his own paper in Dallas, Oregon, in 1869.

Daniel Gault sold the Polk County Republican in 1870 and resumed teaching school, this time in Yamhill County.

Daniel Gault left Hillsboro in 1880 and moved to the Halliday area of Portland and taught two years in there before moving to a farm outside the city.

Daniel Gault continued teaching until 1892 when he returned to the newspaper industry as part owner and editor of the Hillsboro Independent.

Daniel Gault entered public service in 1874 when he was elected as superintendent of public schools in Washington County, serving one four-year term and leaving office in 1878.

In 1882, Daniel Gault returned to the Oregon House, this time representing District 45 and Multnomah County.

Daniel Gault only served the one term each of his first two stints in the legislature.

Daniel Gault was elected one final time in 1902, and served in the 1903 sessions as Washington County's representative from House District 15.

In March 1908, Daniel Gault was appointed as the postmaster of Cottage Grove, a position he retained until he died in 1912.

Daniel Gault's wife served as his deputy during this time at the post office.

Daniel Gault died on April 20,1912, in Cottage Grove and was buried at the Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery.