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William Roark Ratliff (born August 16, 1936) is an American politician and engineer who served as a member of the Texas Senate from 1988 to 2004. [1] Between 2000 and 2003 he served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Texas, after previous Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry replaced George W. Bush, who resigned to become president of the United States.
Sirius B, which is a white dwarf, can be seen as a faint point of light to the lower left of the much brighter Sirius A. A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: in an Earth sized volume, it packs a mass that is comparable to the Sun.
1st vice president of the Republic of Texas David G. Burnet: 3 Sam Houston (1793–1863) December 13, 1841 – December 9, 1844: 1841: 1st president of the Republic of Texas Edward Burleson: 4 Anson Jones (1798–1858) December 9, 1844 – December 19, 1846: 1844: 11th secretary of state of the Republic of Texas: Kenneth Lewis Anderson
President: Took office: Left office: Notes: David G. Burnet: 1836 1836 Burnet County; (acting) Vice-president of Texas under Lamar, U.S. Senator-Elect 1866. Sam Houston: 1836 1838 Houston; Houston County; also served as Governor and U.S. Senator, and formerly in Tennessee as Governor and U.S. Representative. Referred to as the first President ...
Mirabeau Lamar monument at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, reads: "The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.". Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was an American and Texian attorney, politician, poet, and leading political figure during the Texas Republic era.
As a former president of Texas, Houston is the only former foreign head of state to have served in the U.S. Congress. [ citation needed ] He was the first person to serve as the governor of a state and then be elected to the U.S. Senate by another state.
Sirius B is also the nearest white dwarf (as of 2005) [2] [3] First found in a binary star system First double white dwarf system LDS 275: 1944 L 462-56 system [4] First solitary white dwarf Van Maanen 2: 1917 Van Maanen's star is also the nearest solitary white dwarf [5] First white dwarf with a planet WD B1620−26: 2003 PSR B1620-26 b (planet)
2.2 Vice-President. 2.3 Secretary of State. 2.4 Secretary of War. ... A list of officials of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846: First elected government of the Texas ...