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1st Congress Of The Republic Of Texas
The First Congress of the Republic of Texas, consisting of the Senate of the Republic of Texas and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, met in Columbia at two separate buildings (one for each chamber) and then in Houston at the present-day site of The Rice from October 3, 1836, to June 13, 1837, during the first year of Sam Houston's presidency. All members of Congress were officially non-partisan. According to the Constitution of the Republic of Texas of 1836, each member of the House of Representatives was elected for a term of one year. Each county was guaranteed at least one representative. Each Senator was elected for a three-year term to represent a district that each had a nearly equal portion of the nation's population. Each district could have no more than one Senator. Members Senate * José Francisco Ruiz – District of Bexar * James Collinsworth – District of Brazoria (1st session) * William Green Hill – District of Brazoria (2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Of The Republic Of Texas
: ''For the current Texas legislative body, see Texas Legislature.'' The Congress of the Republic of Texas was the national legislature of the Republic of Texas established by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836. It was a bicameral legislature based on the model of the United States Congress. It was transformed into the Texas Legislature upon annexation of Texas by the United States in 1846. A vestige of it remains in the name of Austin's main north–south street leading from the State Capitol, Congress Avenue, when it was founded as the intended national capital. Membership and organization House of Representatives The House of Representatives was to be made up of 24-40 members. until such time as the population of the republic should exceed 100,000. When the population exceeded this number the house was to be made up of "not less than forty nor more than one hundred pieces provided that each county was entitled to at least one representative." Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG) was an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which was part of ABC-Clio. Since 2021, ABC-Clio and its suite of imprints, including GPG, are collectively imprints of British publishing house Bloomsbury Publishing. The Greenwood name stopped being used for new books in 2023. Established in 1967 as Greenwood Press, Inc., and based in Westport, Connecticut, GPG published reference works under its Greenwood Press imprint; and scholarly, professional, and general-interest books under its related imprint, Praeger Publishers (). Also part of GPG was Libraries Unlimited, which published professional works for librarians and teachers. Both of the latter became stand-alone imprints of ABC-Clio, in 2008–2009, after its purchase of GPG. History 1967–1999 The company was founded as Greenwood Press, Inc. (GPI) in 1967 by Harold Mason, a librarian and antiquarian bookseller, and Harold Schwartz, who had a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, and was estimated to be 5,009,302 in 2024, making it the List of counties in Texas, most populous county in Texas and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, third-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the List of municipalities in Texas, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the United States. The county was founded on December 22, 1836 and organized on March 10, 1837. It is named for John Richardson Harris, who founded the town of Harrisburg, Houston, Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826. It contains over 16.01% of the state's population. Harris County is included in the nine-county Greater Houston, Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, which is the Metropolitan statistical area, fifth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilson (Texas Politician)
Robert "Honest Bob" Wilson (1793 1856) was a land speculator and politician in Texas. Early life Robert Wilson was born in Talbot County, Maryland, on December 7, 1792, to James and Elizabeth (Hardcastle) Wilson. Robert received some schooling and learned a variety of skills in Baltimore, including carpentry, machining, and running boilers. He joined the military service of the United States during the War of 1812. Career and personal life Wilson fought in the Battle of 1812. In 1819, Wilson married Margaret Prendergrast, after which they moved to St. Louis. Robert Wilson ran for the presidency of the Republic of Texas in 1838. Initially he was engaged in a four-way race with Vice-President Mirabeau Lamar, Peter Grayson, and James Collinsworth, but Grayson committed suicide on July 9, 1838, and Collingsworth drowned in Galveston Bay two days later. Lamar won the race by a landslide, 6,987 votes to 252 for Wilson. Death and legacy Wilson died on May 25, 1858, and he is inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Patricio County, Texas
San Patricio County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,755. Its county seat is Sinton. San Patricio County is part of the Corpus Christi metropolitan statistical area. History In 1828, 200 Irish Catholic families, recruited from Ireland and the Irish population of New York City, contracted with the Mexican government to settle on 80 leagues of land in this area. By 1836, about 500 people lived in the colony on 84 Mexican land grants. During the Texas Revolution, most fled from the colony because of fighting in the area. By 1841, a small number of permanent residents had returned. When Texas was admitted by treaty to the United States in 1845, the area was stabilized by the presence of U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor. In 1845, the county was formed (San Patricio is Spanish for Saint Patrick, the primary patron saint of the colonists' home country of Ireland), and Corpus Christi was designated as the county seat. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugio County, Texas
Refugio County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 6,741. Its county seat is Refugio, Texas, Refugio. The county originated as a Mexican Texas, municipality of Mexico in 1834 and was classified as a county in 1837. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (5.8%) are covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Route 77 in Texas, U.S. Highway 77 ** Interstate 69E is currently under construction and will follow the current route of U.S. 77 in most places. * U.S. Route 77 Alternate (Texas), U.S. Highway 77 Alternate/U.S. Highway 183 (Texas), U.S. Highway 183 * Texas State Highway 35, State Highway 35 * Texas State Highway 239, State Highway 239 * Farm to Market Road 136 * Farm to Market Road 774 * Farm to Market Road 2441 * Farm to Market Road 2678 Adjacent counties * Victoria County, Texas, Victoria County (north) * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliad County, Texas
Goliad County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population is 7,012. Its county seat is Goliad. The county is named for Father Miguel Hidalgo; "Goliad" is an anagram, minus the silent H. The county was created in 1836 and organized the next year. Goliad County is a part of the Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Pajalat and Siquipil, both Coahuiltecan peoples, were Indigenous peoples who lived in what became Goliad County. A 1727 Spanish map records them living in the area. The first declaration of independence for the Republic of Texas was signed in Goliad on December 20, 1835, although the formal declaration was made by the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Goliad County was the site of two battles in the Texas Revolution. The Battle of Goliad was a minor skirmish early in the war. However, the subsequent battle of Coleto was an important battle that culminated on March 27, 1836. Col. Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin County, Texas
Austin County is a rural, agricultural dominated county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,167. Its seat is Bellville. The county and region was settled primarily by German emigrants in the 1800s. Austin County is included in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area. Austin County and the state capital Austin were both named after Stephen F. Austin; the city Austin is in Travis County, approximately 110 miles to the northwest. History In 1836, the Texas Legislature established Austin County, naming it for Stephen F. Austin, who facilitated Texas' Anglo-American colonization. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is covered by water. Adjacent counties * Washington County (north) * Waller County (east) * Fort Bend County (southeast) * Wharton County (south) * Colorado County (southwest) * Fayette County (west) Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado County, Texas
Colorado County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,557. Its county seat is Columbus. It is named for the Colorado River of Texas. The county was founded in 1836 and organized the next year. History The territory that is now Colorado County has been continually inhabited by humans for at least 12,000 years. The Coco branch of the Karaknawa are said to have hunted in the area, while Tonkawa crossed the area from the south. The first record of a European coming through the area that is now Colorado County was January 20, 1687, when René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, camped along Skull Creek. The party located an Indian village and named it Hebemes. The fourth expedition of Alonso De León may have crossed into the area while looking for Fort St. Louis in 1689. The area was settled by Anglo colonists who were part of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred starting in 1821. Some families settled near Beeso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Somervell
Alexander Somervell (1796 – 1854) was a Texian soldier, and leader of the Somervell Expedition. He had previously participated in the Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto (), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General A ... as a lieutenant colonel of the first regiment of Texas Volunteers. Somervell County in Texas is named for Somervell. References {{Texas-bio-stub 1796 births 1854 deaths People of the Texas Revolution Texas people stubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazoria County, Texas
Brazoria County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 372,031. The county seat is Angleton. Brazoria County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. It is located in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. Regionally, parts of the county are within the extreme southernmost fringe of the regions locally known as Southeast Texas. Brazoria County is among a number of counties that are part of the region known as the Texas Coastal Bend. Its county seat is Angleton, and its largest city is Pearland. Brazoria County, like Brazos County farther upriver, takes its name from the Brazos River. It served as the first settlement area for Anglo-Texas, when the Old Three Hundred emigrated from the United States in 1821. The county also includes what was once Columbia and Velasco, Texas, early capital cities of the Republic of Texas. The highest point in Brazoria County is Shelton's Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Collinsworth
James Thompson Collinsworth (1802 – July 11, 1838) was an American-born Texan lawyer and political figure in early history of the Republic of Texas. Early life Collinsworth was born in 1802 Davidson County, Tennessee. His father, Edward Collinsworth, served in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. His sister, Susan, married Mark R. Cockrill, a large planter known as the "Wool King of the World". Career Collinsworth served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. Collinsworth served as a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas, and an interim Secretary of State of Texas. Collinsworth was candidate during the 1838 Republic of Texas presidential election against Mirabeau B. Lamar. Death and legacy Collinsworth drowned after falling from a steamboat into Galveston Bay. His body was found on Bolivar Peninsula and taken by boat upstream along Buffalo Bayo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
