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Texas Historical Leaders

Sam Houston A charming 6’6” rascal, a school teacher, a lawyer, a US Army officer & wounded hero in War 1812 under Andrew Jackson, a drunk, a hot tempered dueler. Ambassador from Cherokee Indian Nation to US. “Raven.”

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Texas Historical Leaders

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  1. Sam Houston A charming 6’6” rascal, a school teacher, a lawyer, a US Army officer & wounded hero in War 1812 under Andrew Jackson, a drunk, a hot tempered dueler. Ambassador from Cherokee Indian Nation to US. “Raven.” US Representative & Governor from Tennessee discussed as the future President of US. Texas Historical Leaders

  2. Sam Houston • 1832 censured by US House for beating another Member (Stanberry, Ohio) into a coma with a hickory stick for alleging he profited from US contracts with Indians. (honor everything to Houston). • Friends with a dozen US Presidents 1812-1860. • Defeated Mexico/Santa Anna’s army at San Jacinto 4/21/1836 • President of the Republic of Texas • US Senator & Governor of State of Texas, slave owner who refused allegiance to Confederacy. • Died 1863

  3. DAVIS, EDMUND JACKSON (1827-1883) • 1856 lawyer, prosecutor and judge in Brownsville; traveled with the ranger unit of Capt. Tobin • Davis opposed secession. After secession, Davis fled Texas in May 1862 with two others. Met with Lincoln and he received a colonel's commission; authorized to organize the First Texas Cavalry (U.S.). Saw extensive combat. Confederate army captured him in Mexico but had to release him to avoid diplomatic trouble. • 1864, promoted to brigadier general; commanded cavalry in Mississippi.

  4. DAVIS, EDMUND JACKSON (1827-1883) • On June 2, 1865, Gen. Davis represented the Union at Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's surrender of the Trans-Mississippi West Confederate Army -- the only significant Confederate army left in the South. • Reconstruction, known as the 2nd Civil War, begins. • The “Radicals,” both native Scalawags (southerner acting like northern republican), and Carpetbaggers (northern republican in the south seeking private gain), were political buccaneers. They disliked old Southern order and wished to remake Texas like a northern state. They were viewed as pirates, like E.J. Davis. • 1966 Texas Constitutional Convention

  5. E.J. Davis • 1868-69 president, Texas Constitutional Convention. Restricted secessionists, expanded black rights, divided Texas, made null & void all laws passed since secession. Confederate democrats hated him. • 1869 Radical Republican Davis ran for governor against Hamilton; win disputed. Controversial administration. Policies attacked by both Democratic and Republicans, such as use of State Police. • 1873, Davis ran for reelection; defeated 2 to 1 by Democrat Richard Coke. Davis refused to leave office; his Republican appointed Texas Supreme Court nullified the election results. Democrats forcibly removed him from office.

  6. James Hogg • Progressive: governor who fought big business for common citizen • Attorney general 1886; Governor 1890 • Created Railroad Commission • Daughter Ima Hogg

  7. James “Pa” Ferguson • Son of farmer/Methodist minister • Great orator. Miner, lumberjack, dishwasher, railroad hand. Became lawyer without law school studying under Judge Sanders. Opened bank with money inherited by wife. Owned a newspaper.

  8. James “Pa” Ferguson • Governor elected in 1914 & 1916 • Improved education, court system, and plight of tenant farmers • 1917: impeached on 21 charges, accused of tampering with UT Board of Regents & overturning decisions (vetoing budget), improperly depositing state $ in bank, awarding contracts without bidding, & bribing Speaker F.O. Fuller. His attorney was W.A. Hanger, the Kleagle (membership chair) of KKK and former senator.

  9. James “Pa” Ferguson • Resigned 1 day before trial, Senate refused to accept & convicted in Senate on 10. Before removed, pardoned 20 prisoners. • Ran for governor again in 1924 but Supreme Court stopped. • Ran wife on platform of helping farmers & abolishing KKK

  10. Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson • Wife of Jim Ferguson • 1st woman elected to a governorship in the United States; 2nd woman to serve as governor in the U. S. • She served from 1925 to 1927 and again from 1933 to 1935.

  11. W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel • Flour salesman & radio hillbilly talk show host “Lightcrust Doughboys” • Campaigned for governor on 10 Commandments & golden rule. • Ran on platform he “knew nothing about politics & gov’t” & proved it. • Elected governor 1938 & 1940 • Elected U. S. Senator 1942 when ran against Congressman LBJ

  12. Alan Shivers • Elected lieutenant governor 1948 & became governor when Buford Jester died 1949. • Elected 3 terms • Conservative Democrat who led movement to nominate Dwight Eisenhower President • Caused split in Democratic Party still evident today that causes ticket splitting

  13. Other Leaders from Texas • John Nance Garner, from Uvalde, was Speaker of the House, and later was vice president under FDR. Resigned. Truman appointed. • Sam Rayburn from East Texas was the longest serving speaker of the U.S. House in history. • Jim Wright, from Ft. Worth, Speaker of the House while Ronald Reagan in White House in 1980’s.

  14. Other Leaders from Texas • 1950’s. President Dwight D. Eisenhower born in Denison but immediately moved to Kansas. • 1960’s. President Lyndon Johnson was the 1st native Texan who lived in Texas to be elected President • 1970’s. Gov. Bill Clements & U. S. Senator John Tower. 1st Republicans elected state wide in a century.

  15. George Hubert Walker Bush #41 • 2nd Texas resident elected President • 1/20/1989-1/20/1993 • Defeated by Bill Clinton after one term. • Native of Connecticut • Bumper sticker of the times: “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as soon as I could.”

  16. George Walker Bush #43 • Native of Connecticut • Raised in West Texas and Houston • Elected 11/2000 in close disputed election. • Re-elected 11/2004

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