Sam Houston Quotes
in respect to his high standing, undeviating moral rectitude, and as a mark of the nation's gratitude for his untiring zeal and invaluable service.
Austin died of pneumonia in 1836 just after losing the Texas Presidency to Sam Houston. Houston ordered all in his government to wear black armbands
Sam Houston, 1793-1863, Governor of Tennessee, First President of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Congressman (Democrat, TN) & U.S. Senator (Democrat, TX), Order upon the death of Stephen F. Austin, 1836
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Samuel Houston was an American general. He was an important leader of the Texas Revolution, Houston served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas, and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate. He also served as the sixth governor of Tennessee and the seventh governor of Texas, the only American to be elected governor of two different states in the United States.