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Houston, Sam (Samuel) |
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Houston, Sam (Samuel) (1793-1863)US general who won independence for Texas from Mexico in 1836 and was president of the Republic of Texas 1836-45. The city of Houston, Texas, is named after him. In his early life he lived among the Cherokee in Tennessee. He enlisted in the army 1813, and served until 1818, notably in Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Creek people. Houston then studied law, and was governor of the state of Tennessee 1827-29. After Texas joined the Union in 1845, he was US senator for Texas 1846-59, and governor of Texas 1859-61. |
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