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Texas was won by Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Carter ran with Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Though Texas had voted for Carter in 1976, four years later the state supported Reagan by a wide ...
4.1 President. 4.2 Vice-President. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A list of officials of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846:
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
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 ...
President Birthplace State † of birth In office February 22, 1732: George Washington: Popes Creek: Virginia † (1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797: October 30, 1735: John Adams: Braintree: Massachusetts † (2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801: April 13, 1743 * Thomas Jefferson: Shadwell: Virginia † (3rd) March 4, 1801 – March 4 ...
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] The incumbent president is Donald Trump , who assumed office on January 20, 2025 . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises because of Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump, who were ...
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
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.