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> Sam (1793-1863), played a leading part in Texas's fight for independence from Mexico. He later served as president of the Republic of Texas and, after Texas joined the Union, as United States senator and governor of the state.
Samuel Houston was born on March 2, 1793, in Virginia. His family moved to Tennessee when he was 13. They lived in a frontier settlement, and Houston worked as a clerk in a store. When Houston was about 15, he ran away from home. He lived with the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee and was adopted into the tribe.
After nearly three years with the Indians, Houston returned to the white settlements and opened a country school. He enlisted in Andrew Jackson's army in the war against the Creek Indians, and he was wounded in battle.
Houston resigned from the U.S. Army in 1818. He then studied law and began to practice in Lebanon, Tennessee. Shortly after beginning his law practice, Houston was elected district attorney for the Nashville district. In 1823, he was elected to Congress. He was well liked there, though he made few speeches. Four years later, Houston became governor of Tennessee...
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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback with a new epilogue. In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred more than two hundred Texians who had been trapped in the Alamo. After thirteen days of fighting, American legends Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett died there, along with other Americans who had moved to Texas looking for a fresh start. It was a crushing blow to Texas's fight for freedom. But the story doesn't end there. The defeat galvanized the Texian settlers, and under General Sam Houston's leadership they rallied. Six weeks after the Alamo, Houston and his band of settlers defeated Santa Anna's army in a shocking victory, winning the independence for which so many had died. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers recaptures this pivotal war that changed America forever, and sheds light on the tightrope all war heroes walk between courage and calculation. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo--and recognize the lesser known heroes who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
Sam Houston's Wife
Although Sam Houston has been the subject 6f several biographies and· many historical articles, little attention has been paid to his third wife, whose enormous influence on the Liberator of Texas has never before been examined closely. In this first biography of Margaret Lea Houston, a remarkable woman is finally awakened from the historical sleep which has enveloped her for over a century.
Alabama-born Margaret Lea was just a schoolgirl when she first saw Sam Houston arrive at New Orleans after the Battle of San Jacinto to have his wounds tended. "She later described having a premonition that she would some day meet Sam Houston," says· William Seale. "But she told that story many years later, after she had become his wife."
From Slave to Statesman
This is the story of the "other" Houston, Joshua, the slave of Margaret Lea until she married Sam Houston and moved to Texas in 1840. Joshua was unique among slaves: he was taught to read and write, and was allowed to keep money he earned. The story is set in a background of historical details about southern social history before, during, and after the Civil War. Sources include slave autobiographies and biographies; Houston family letters; oral histories of descendants of both Houston families; birth, marriage and death records; land records and deeds; church and school records.
The Texas That Might Have Been
Although Sam Houston would eventually emerge as the dominant shaper of the developing Texas Republic's destiny, many visions competed for preeminence. One of Houston's sharpest critics, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, is the subject of this fascinating edition of letters from the period. Donald E. Willett offers new annotation and analysis to these letters from Johnston's colleagues, friends, and supporters--first collected and edited by contrarian scholar Margaret Swett Henson, but never before published.
Sam Houston was a certified Cherokee tribe member | Native American History
- Sam Houston was a certified Cherokee tribe member | Native American HistoryDid you know Sam Houston had a close relationship with the local Cherokee tribe? He even a certified citizen and had an adoptive family.
Sam Houston and Secession
- Sam Houston and Secession-Texas Historical CommissionTexas hero and patriot Sam Houston was serving as governor of the state on the eve of the Civil War. Adamantly opposed to secession, he refused to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederate States of America and was subsequently evicted from his elected position.
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- Sam Houston-History ChannelSam Houston was a Virginia-born lawyer, soldier and politician who gained enduring fame as a leader of the Texas Revolution. After commanding Texan troops to victory over Mexican forces in the Battle of San Jacinto, he became the first president of the Lone Star Republic and one of the first two U.S. senators to represent Texas after it joined the Union in 1845...
- Sam Houston-Tennessee EncyclopediaTennessee governor and Texas hero Sam Houston was born to Samuel and Elizabeth Houston in 1793 near Lexington, Virginia, and raised with five brothers and three sisters. His father, a militia colonel, died in 1806. The following year, his mother led her family west, settling near Maryville, the seat of Blount County. Never comfortable with his family, the all-but-unschooled, hulking teenager frequently wandered away and lived with a band of Cherokees for long periods. Their leader, Oo-Loo-Te-Ka, became a surrogate father, teaching Houston the language and ways of the Cherokees...
- Samuel Houston (1793–1863)-San Jacinto Museum of HistoryHouston is one of the most powerful figures in Texas — and American — history.
He was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. When his father died in 1807, his family moved to Tennessee and started a farm. Houston resisted the idea of farm work or helping out at their family's small store in nearby Maryville. In 1809 he went to live with nearby Cherokees who adopted him as "The Raven"...