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| | Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 256, TEXAS: Library of Economics and Liberty |
 | | June 17, 1865, A. Hamilton was appointed military governor, and under his control the convention of 1866 was held and the revised constitution adopted. |
 | | The "conservative," or democratic, party nominated Gov. Throckmorton, who was elected by 48,631 votes to 12,051 for E. Pease, republican. |
 | | Rusk, secretary of war of the republic 1836-8, chief justice 1838-42, and United States senator 1846-56; Gustave Schleicher, congressman 1875-9; James W. Throckmorton, one of the seven voters against secession in 1861, governor 1866-7, congressman 1875-9; Lewis T. Wigfall, United States senator 1860-61, confederate states senator 1862-5. |
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