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As a former president of Texas, Houston is the only former foreign head of state to have served in the U.S. Congress. ... Life and select literary remains of Sam ...
vice president of the Republic of Texas Unaffiliated: 2 : David G. Burnet: 3 December 13, 1841 – December 9, 1844: Sam Houston 1793–1863 (Lived: 70 years) 1st president of the Republic of Texas Unaffiliated: 3 : Edward Burleson: 4 December 9, 1844 – February 19, 1846: Anson Jones 1798–1858 (Lived: 59 years) 11th secretary of state of ...
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 ...
The 1836 Republic of Texas presidential election was the first such election in the newly established Republic of Texas. Popular war hero Samuel Houston was elected in a decisive victory over Henry Smith and Stephen F. Austin. Houston was inaugurated on October 22, 1836, replacing interim president David G. Burnet.
The following day, Sam Houston's 42nd birthday, the 59 delegates signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and chose an ad interim government. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] When news of the declaration reached Goliad, Benavides informed Fannin that in spite of his opposition to Santa Anna, he was still loyal to Mexico and did not wish to help Texas break away.
The importance of the Battle of San Jacinto and Houston's role was never lost with the citizens of Texas. Bridges: Outgunned, outmanned - hopes of Texas laid with Sam Houston and a key battle Skip ...
To "protect" the Texas national archives, President Sam Houston ordered them removed from Austin. The archives were eventually returned to Austin, albeit at gunpoint. The Texas Congress admonished Houston for the incident, and this episode in Texas history solidified Austin as Texas's seat of government for the Republic and the future state. [38]
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he’s rooting for the Houston Astros despite the “anti-immigrant” politics of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.