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  2. Constitution of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas history (including the Mexican constitution).

  3. Constitution of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The citizens of Texas approved an annexation ordinance and a new constitution on October 13. [citation needed] On December 29, 1845, the United States admitted the State of Texas to the Union (Joint Resolution for the admission of the state of Texas into the Union, Joint Resolution 1, enacted December 29, 1845, 9 Stat. 108).

  4. Texas's at-large congressional seat - Wikipedia

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    In 1931, three more seats were allotted to Texas; the legislature waited until 1933 to redraw the districting plan. "This resulted in the under-representation of the people in those districts where population grew faster than the rest of the state. The failure to redistrict favored the rural areas at the expense of Texas's growing urban centers.

  5. Redistricting in Texas - Wikipedia

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    During Reconstruction, the 1869 Texas Constitution apportioned the state four seats in the United States House of Representatives. The state only had one set of legislative districts, with each district electing one senator and two to four representatives. [17] Texas's current redistricting system was established by its 1876 Constitution. [18]

  6. Law of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Texas is the foundation of the government of Texas and vests the legislative power of the state in the Texas Legislature. The Texas Constitution is subject only to the sovereignty of the people of Texas as well as the Constitution of the United States, although this is disputed. Article I of the Constitution of Texas ...

  7. Congress of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    On July 23, 1836, interim President David G. Burnet, pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, ordered that an election for Congress take place in Columbia on the first Monday in September 1836. As part of the same proclamation, Burnet mandated that the 1st Congress of the Republic of Texas convene on October 3, 1836, also at ...

  8. Politics of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Some Texans believe that because it joined the United States as a country, the Texas state constitution includes the right to secede. [27] However, neither the ordinance of The Texas Annexation of 1845 [ 28 ] nor The Annexation of Texas Joint Resolution of Congress March 1, 1845 [ 29 ] included provisions giving Texas the right to secede.

  9. Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Court was established by the Constitution of 1836, which created the Supreme Court and such inferior courts as the Texas Congress might from time to time establish. [1] The constitution also mandated that the Republic be divided into judicial districts, and that the district judges would serve as the associate judges on the Supreme Court ...