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Sam Houston (1793–1863)

Author of The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 1: 1839-1845

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Image credit: Photograph taken 1856 or 1857
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-09599)

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The Civil War: The First Year Told By Those Who Lived It (2011) — Contributor — 266 copies, 2 reviews
Library of Southern Literature, Vol. VI: Hearn-Johnston (1909) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Legal name
Houston, Samuel
Birthdate
1793-03-02
Date of death
1863-07-26
Gender
male
Occupations
store clerk (Kingston, Tennesse, USA)
military officer (US Army, 7th Inf. Regt., 1813-1818, Creek War, enlisted as private and rose to lieutenant)
lawyer (admitted to bar, 1818, Tennessee)
District attorney (Nashville district, 1819)
Tennesse Militia (adjutant general, 1820; major general, 1821)
U.S. Congressman (Tennessee, 1823-1827, Democrat) (show all 15)
Governor of Tennessee (1827-1829)
trader (trading post called Wigwam Neosho near Fort Gibson)
Commander-in-chief of the Texas Army (1836)
President of the Republic of Texas (1836-1838)
Republic of Texas Congressman (1838-1840)
President of the Republic of Texas (1841-1844)
U.S. Senator (Texas, 1845-1855, Democrat)
U.S. Senator (Texas, 1855-1859, American Party)
Governor of Texas (1859-1861, Independent)
Organizations
Texas Convention of 1833 (representative for Nacogdoches)
Texas Consultation of 1835 (representative for Nacogdoches)
Texas Convention of 1836 (representative for Refugio)
Short biography
Only person to have been elected governor of two different states

First president of the Republic of Texas

Deposed as Governor of Texas in 1861 for refusal to swear allegiance to the Confederate States of America
Nationality
Mexico
Republic of Texas
USA
Places of residence
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma)
Nacogdoches, Texas, USA then part of Mexico)
Huntsville, Texas, USA (show all 8)
Austin, Texas, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Place of death
Huntsville, Texas, USA
Burial location
Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Texas, USA
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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