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  Samuel Houston
Houston dedicated most of his career both before and after the battle to politics, but his brief time in military command significantly influenced the shape and future of Texas as well as the United States.
Houston cared no more for being a clerk than he had for being a student, and instead of reporting to the store, he moved in with his Indian friends.
Houston, a slave owner whose son fought on the Rebels' side in the war, was not so much anti-Confederacy as he was pro-Texas, lobbying for the state to either remain neutral or to reestablish the republic.
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  Sam Houston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was a key figure in the history of Texas, and, as of 2005, the only person in U.S. history to have been the governor of two different states — Tennessee and Texas.
Houston was struck by a Creek arrow at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Houston opposed the secession of Texas from the Union, and was evicted from the office on March 16, 1861 for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy, writing "Fellow-Citizens, in the name of your rights and liberties, which I believe have been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath.
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 Rev. Samuel Houston Henry, 1827-1905
The Reverend Samuel Houston Henry is one of the earliest Cumberland Presbyterian missionaries to bring the doctrine of Cumberland Presbyterianism to northwest Georgia.
Samuel died on July 13, 1824 at the age of 63 and was buried in the Baker's Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery.
The Rev. Samuel Houston Henry was one of the early pioneer Cumberland Presbyterian ministers to serve the Cleveland Church.
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 Sam Houston (1793-1863)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In Texas, Houston was elected delegate from Nacogdoches to the Convention of 1833 which met at San Felipe.
Houston immediately took control of the Texas forces after the fall of the Alamo and Goliad, and conducted the retreat of the army to the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, where on April 21, 1836, his force defeated Santa Anna and secured Texas long sought independence.
As Governor in 1861, Houston was strongly opposed to the secession of Texas from the Union.
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 Samuel Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Houston dedicated most of his career both before and after the battle to politics, but his brief time in military command significantly influenced the shape and future of Texas as well as the United States.
Houston cared no more for being a clerk than he had for being a student, and instead of reporting to the store, he moved in with his Indian friends.
Houston, a slave owner whose son fought on the Rebels' side in the war, was not so much anti-Confederacy as he was pro-Texas, lobbying for the state to either remain neutral or to reestablish the republic.
carpenoctem.tv /military/houston.html   (1089 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Sam Houston, one of the most illustrious political figures of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, the fifth child (and fifth son) of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston, on their plantation in sight of Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Houston's rapid rise in public office continued in 1823, when, as a member of Jackson's political circle, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the Ninth Tennessee District.
Houston impressed the Frenchman as an individual of great physical and moral energy, the universal American in perpetual motion; Houston undoubtedly served as an example for Tocqueville's composite description of the "nervous American," the man-on-the-make so pervasive in the United States during the Age of Jackson.
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Sam Houston, one of the most illustrious political figures of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, the fifth child (and fifth son) of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston, on their plantation in sight of Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Houston's rapid rise in public office continued in 1823, when, as a member of Jackson's political circle, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the Ninth Tennessee District.
Houston impressed the Frenchman as an individual of great physical and moral energy, the universal American in perpetual motion; Houston undoubtedly served as an example for Tocqueville's composite description of the "nervous American," the man-on-the-make so pervasive in the United States during the Age of Jackson.
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 Samuel Houston — FactMonster.com
Samuel Houston: In Texas Politics - In Texas Politics In 1836 Houston was elected the first president of the new Republic of Texas.
Samuel Houston: Early Life - Early Life He moved (c.1806) with his family to Tennessee and lived much of his youth with the...
Samuel Houston: The Texas Revolution - The Texas Revolution In 1833 Houston moved on through Arkansas to Texas.
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 Sam Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In 1818, Houston resigned his commission and, after studying law for a few months, was elected attorney general for Nashville and appointed adjutant general of Tennessee.
In March 1836, Houston was a delegate to the convention that declared Texas an independent republic.
Houston served as the first president of the new republic from 1836 to 1838 and was later elected to a second term (1841-44).
www.famoustexans.com /samhouston.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Samuel Houston Papers
These papers relate to the activities of Sam Houston mainly while he was governor of Tennessee, President of the Republic of Texas, and U. Senator from Texas.
Sam Houston vs. James H. Starr District Court case documents, photocopies of Spanish and English land titles, petitions to the court, and other legal documents.
Houston, City of Houston, to Adolfo [Adolphus] Sterne, Nacogdoches.
www.sfasu.edu /libweb/etrc/collections/manuscript/personal/HoustonSam/index.asp   (530 words)

  
 American Experience | Remember the Alamo | People & Events | PBS
Samuel Houston, like many of the other celebrated figures of the Alamo battle, was a relative newcomer to Texas.
Houston resigned this last position after a failed marriage to nineteen-year-old Eliza Allen, and embarked on a self-imposed exile among the Cherokee Indians in 1829.
Houston was again elected governor of Texas in 1859 after serving in the U.S. Senate, but was removed from the governor's office in 1861 after he refused to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/peopleevents/p_houston.html   (586 words)

  
 Samuel Houston
The Houstons were a prominent and influential family in the early history of the town.
Samuel Houston was evidently the first of the name to come to Lyndeborough.
It would seem that he was married twice and perhaps three times, for after the death of Rachel Houston the rest of the children are recorded as sons and daughters of Samuel Houston and Mary, his wife.
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 Houston Website
Samuel Houston, was perhaps as near his equal as any other man in History, and was certainly a better man, from a religious standpoint.
Samuel Smith McEwen died in 1863 at Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tn and was buried at Zion Church, Greene Co., Tn.
Samuel Edcar died on Sep 10, 1938 at Cuba, NM and was buried at Cuba, NM.
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 Sam Houston Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Samuel Houston, known as the Father of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, in Virginia.
His father, Samuel Houston, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
On September 5, 1836, Houston was elected President of the Republic of Texas.
info.lib.uh.edu /sca/collections/faids/html/houston.html   (599 words)

  
 Samuel R. Houston and Family Papers
Samuel Rutherford Houston was a descendant of John Houston, who immigrated from Ireland, via Scotland, to Philadelphia.
John Rutherford Houston, a native of Virginia, was a Presbyterian minister, who served as a missionary to Greece ca.
He and his wife, Margaret P. Houston, were nature enthusiasts who observed and recorded data about animal behavior and plants, particularly the survival habits of animals and birds during the harsh winter months.
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 Search Results for "Houston"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Houston, Samuel, 1793-1863, American frontier hero and statesman of Texas, b.
Houston Ship Channel, S Texas, dredged deepwater channel c.50 mi/80 km long, connecting port of Houston with the Gulf of Mexico via Buffalo Bayou, San Jacinto R.,...
Houston, University of, at Houston, Tex.; coeducational; est.
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 Sam Houston
Samuel Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, on 2nd March, 1793.
Houston was an impressive soldier and under the command of Andrew Jackson reached the rank of second lieutenant.
Houston gradually became involved in the campaign for against Mexican rule in Texas and in November, 1835, was elected Major General of the Texas Army.
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 Samuel Houston
Houston studied law and was admitted to practice in 1818.
In April 1836, Houston’s force routed the Mexicans in the Battle of Jan Jacinto, the decisive engagement of the Texan Revolution.
In 1859, Houston was elected governor of Texas, but in 1861 he opposed the state’s vote to secede and refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h293.html   (465 words)

  
 YOUNG SAMUEL HOUSTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Sam Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1793.
Sam was 14 when his mother, Elizabeth Houston, moved their family to a farm on Baker's Creek in Maryville, Tennessee.
Houston joined the army in 1813 and after numerous displays of heroism went on to become attorney general of Tennessee, governor of both Tennessee & Texas, congressman, senator, Indian agent, army commander-in-chief, and president of the Republic of Texas - a record of public service unequaled by any other American!
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 -Houston Texas Hotels-
Houston was named for Samuel Houston (1793-1863), the politician and general who was at the forefront of Texas' fight for independence from Mexico.
Although cotton was the major industry in the area it was World War II that brought the biggest demand on the Houston for gasoline, oil, explosives, ships and many other local commodities.
Now the largest City in Texas with a population of over 1,500,000, Houston has much to offer both visitor and resident including more than twenty Universities and Colleges such as the distinguished University of Houston, the University of Texas-Houston Health and Science Center, Texas Southern University and Rice University.
www.houston-texas.us   (392 words)

  
 Linda Linn's Kentucky Home and ghost stories
Houston was born on March 2, 1793, in Virginia, the fifth son of Samuel Houston, a major in the Virginia militia.
Houston, always with a flair for the dramatic, suggested that Ludlow build and operate a dramatic club in the city.
Houston blamed his well-known penchant for the bottle on the influence of this demon.
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 Professionally wirtten biography of Samuel Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Samuel Houston (1793-1863), American statesman and soldier, was the person most responsible for bringing Texas into the Union.Sam Houston's life was controversial and colorful.
It exemplified the opportunities that existed on the American frontier: he rose from humble origins to become governor of two states and to represent both in Congress.Houston was born on March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va. Following the death of his father, he and his mother moved to Blount County, Tenn., in 1807.
Houston received less than a year and a half of formal education.
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 Sam Houston a Texas Hero
Sam(uel) Houston, governor of two states, president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. senator, and military hero, was one of the most colorful figures of 19th-century America.
Houston's military records show that he was 6 foot 2 inches when he was 19 years old.
Sam Houston's second wife was a Cherokee Indian woman whose name was Tiana Rodgers, also known as Diana Rodgers.
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 Houston, Samuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Houston was made the first president of the new republic.
He liberated Santa Anna and sent him to Washington, D. When Texas was admitted to the Union, Houston was sent to Washington as a senator.
He was elected governor in 1859, but upon the outbreak of the Civil War he was deposed for adhering to the cause of the Union.
www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol3/houston-samuel.htm   (206 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
SAMUEL (CAPT)DAVIDSON5 HOUSTON (ROBERT4, JOHN MCCLUNG3, SAMUEL (JOHN)2, JAMES1) was born 1745 in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge CO VA, and died 1807 in Kentucky.
Samuel was a captain in Morgan's Rofle Brigade, Continental Army, VA. Continued in service after the war as Brigadier Inspector in VA militia and advanced to rank of Major.
In 1859, he was elected Gov of Texas,(struggles to balabce the Texas budget) becoming its seventh Gov. Houston was against sucession but Texas was for it and formally succeded in 18861 (Lincoln was the President at this time) Houston refused to pledge alliegence to the COnfederate Government and was forced out of office.
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 Young Students Learning Library: HOUSTON, SAMUEL (1793-1863)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The city of Houston, Texas, is named in honor of the famous Texas general and statesman, Samuel Houston.
Houston was born on a plantation near Lexington, Virginia.
Houston joined the army in the War of 1812 and served under Andrew Jackson.
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