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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863


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    • Houston, Samuel, 1793-1863
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1793-03-02
    • Death Date

        1863-07-26
    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 1823-03-04
        • Affiliation End: 1827-03-03
        • Source: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79107874
        • Organization: United States. Congress. House
    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 1838
        • Affiliation End: 1840
        • Source: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91005123
        • Organization: Texas. Congress
    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 1846-02-21
        • Affiliation End: 1859-03-03
        • Source: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022161
        • Organization: United States. Congress. Senate
    • Has Affiliation

    • Birth Place

        Rockbridge County (Va.)
    • Associated Locale

        Huntsville (Tex.)
    • Associated Locale

        United States
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Occupation

      Legislators

      Governors

      Politicians

      Lawyers

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      • Sources

        • found: Letter of General Sam Houston to General Santa Anna ... 1852.
        • found: Tennessee blue bk., 2007-2008:p. 491 (Sam Houston, 1827-1829)
        • found: Wikipedia, Jan. 27, 2011(Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston; b. Rockbridge County, Va., March 2, 1793; d. Huntsville, Tex., July 26, 1863; 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier; a key figure in the history of Texas; elected as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, US Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor of the state)
        • found: Texas almanac, 2011 :p. 456 (Presidents of the Republic of Texas: Sam Houston October 22, 1836-Dec. 10, 1838, Dec. 13, 1841-Dec. 9, 1844 ; Governors Since Annexation: Sam Houston Dec. 21, 1859-Mar. 16, 1861)
        • found: Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, December 12, 2013(Houston, Samuel, (father of Andrew Jackson Houston and cousin of David Hubbard), a Representative from Tennessee and a Senator from Texas; born at Timber Ridge Church, near Lexington, Va., March 2, 1793; moved about 1808 with his widowed mother to Blount County, Tenn.; attended Maryville Academy (now Maryville College), Maryville, Tenn.; employed as a clerk in a store in Kingston, Tenn.; enlisted as a private in the United States Infantry 1813; served under General Andrew Jackson in the Creek War, rose to lieutenant, and resigned from the Army in 1818; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1818, and commenced practice in Lebanon, Tenn.; district attorney in 1819; adjutant general of the State 1820; major general 1821; elected to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1827); Governor of Tennessee 1827-1829, when he resigned; moved to the territory of the Cherokee Nation, now a part of Oklahoma, was a trader, and was made a member of the Cherokee Nation by action of the National Council; moved to Texas around 1835 and was a member of the convention at San Felipe de Austin, the purpose of which was to establish separate statehood for Texas; member of the constitutional convention in 1835; commander in chief of the Texas Army; successfully led the Texans against the Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto in April 1836; first President of the Republic of Texas 1836-1838; member, Texas Congress 1838-1840; again President of the Republic 1841-1844; upon the admission of Texas as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1847 and 1853 and served from February 21, 1846, to March 3, 1859; chairman, Committee on Militia (Thirty-first through Thirty-fourth Congresses); Governor of Texas 1859-1861; deposed March 18, 1861, because he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States; died in Huntsville, Tex., July 26, 1863; interment in Oakwood Cemetery)
        • found: German National Library via VIAF, Aug. 4, 2023(preferred: Houston, Sam, Houston, Sam, Houston, Sam (1793-1863)., Houston, Sam 1793-1863; variant: Houston, Sam; Houston, Samuel; Houston, Samuel.; Houston, Samuel; identifier: x90873486 NO-TrBIB, http://hdl.handle.net/11250/1721362 hdl, http://viaf.org/viaf/134148995767959750867 viaf, http://viaf.org/viaf/30337897 uri, http://isni.org/isni/0000000081101081 uri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216547 uri, 119022044 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119022044 gnd, n82151189 lccn, 30337897 viaf; GAC: XD-US; other class #: 16.5p sswd, 8.4p sswd; related: Huntsville, Tex., County Rockbridge) - http://www.viaf.org/processed/DNB%7C119022044
        • found: Sudoc [ABES], France via VIAF, Aug. 4, 2023(preferred: Houston, Sam, Houston, Sam, Houston, Sam (1793-1863)., Houston, Sam 1793-1863, Houston, Sam (Samuel), 1793-1863, Houston, Sam, 1793-1863, Houston, Sam, 1793-1863; variant: Houston, Sam; Houston, Samuel; Houston, Samuel.; Houston, Samuel; identifier: x90873486 NO-TrBIB, http://hdl.handle.net/11250/1721362 hdl, http://viaf.org/viaf/134148995767959750867 viaf, http://viaf.org/viaf/30337897 uri, http://isni.org/isni/0000000081101081 uri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216547 uri, 119022044 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119022044 gnd, n82151189 lccn, 30337897 viaf, 0000000081101081 isni; GAC: XD-US; other class #: 16.5p sswd, 8.4p sswd; related: Huntsville, Tex., County Rockbridge, Roberts, Madge Thornall, (1929-....).; national bibliog. number: 0040D5953; field of activity: Frontière du Nord-Ouest (États-Unis), Northwest boundary of the United States., Texas., Verenigde Staten., United States.; note: niet te verwarren met Samuel Houston 1753-1835; born: 1793; died: 1863) - http://www.viaf.org/processed/SUDOC%7C07616568X
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        • 1983-01-20: new
        • 2023-08-05: revised
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