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  2. List of governors of Texas - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] In some respects, it is the lieutenant governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate, who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush , who resigned to take office as the 43rd president ...

  3. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    When Terán left Texas later that year, most of the missionaries chose to return with him, leaving only three religious people and nine soldiers at the missions. [35] The group also left behind a smallpox epidemic. [32] The angry Caddo threatened the remaining Spaniards, who soon abandoned the fledgling missions and returned to Coahuila. For ...

  4. List of people from Texas - Wikipedia

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    Jerry E. Patterson (born 1946), Texas Land Commissioner; former state senator, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014; Thomas Pauken (born 1944), Texas Republican chairman, 1994–1997, lawyer and political commentator; Gilbert Peña (born 1949), Republican member of Texas House of Representatives from Pasadena

  5. Benjamin Milam - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Rush Milam (October 20, 1788 – December 7, 1835) was an American colonist of Mexican Texas and a military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution.A native of what is now Kentucky, Milam fought beside American interests during the Mexican War of Independence and later joined the Texians in their own fight for independence, for which he assumed a leadership role.

  6. Category:People of the Texas Revolution - Wikipedia

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  7. The top 20 presidents in US history, according to historians

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    February 20, 2018 at 6:10 AM. It should come as little surprise to anyone that, for the third time in a row, historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the best U.S. President.

  8. List of secretaries of state of Texas - Wikipedia

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    December 13, 1841 – December 10, 1844 Sam Houston: Ebenezer Allen: December 10, 1844 – February 5, 1845 Anson Jones: Ashbel Smith: February 5, 1845 – March 31, 1845 Ebenezer Allen: March 31, 1845 – February 19, 1846

  9. List of people from San Antonio - Wikipedia

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    Rick Galindo, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County; born in 1981 and reared in San Antonio; Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General under President George W. Bush; Henry B. Gonzalez, U.S. Representative for Texas's 20th congressional district, the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio is named in his honor