The Political Life Of James Stephen Hogg

The book explores a life story of Sam Houston from this beginning in Tennessee to joining school, then the military, up to when he became a political leader. The book also focuses on expressing ideas that present his impact on Texas, since he had become an influential person. The book explains that he managed to establish a War against Mexico. The book focuses on characterizing Sam’s influence on Texas, through a focus on the political environment in the region during the early days as a Republic.

Sam Houston was a man of many faces. Whether it was a friend to the Indians, governor of two States, or president of the Republic of Texas, he always stayed true to his practicality and fought for what was right. Because of this Sam Houston’s name will synonymously remain with Texas Independence, and forever be immortalized in textbooks and novels alike.

In the 1830’s, Texas fought for their independence from Mexico. This sparked the Mexican revolution. There were three main reasons why Texans wanted independence: Mexico outlawed slavery, high taxes, and the Mexicans wanted everyone to join the Catholic Church. One of the major players in Texas was Stephen Austin. He had 300 land grants which he gave to the Texans. After some time, Stephen Austin went all the way to Mexico to present petitions for a greater self-governing government for Texas. Even though Stephen Austin was known as the father of Texas, the President of Mexico harshly denied his request.

Sam houston’s relationship with jackson proved crucial.On the advice of the future president,Houston returned to Tennessee and embarked on a successful political career.He studied law and was elected the district attorney in Nashville.Sam Houston’s real first taste of national politics came in 1823 when he was elected to congress,where he served two terms.In 1827 Tennesse voters elected him their governor.But his political ambitions were complicated by personal problems.Houston was known a drinker,and following the marriage to his first wife,Eliza Allen,rumors circulated about his alcholism and apparent infidelity.

Texas is considered a very diverse and unique state in many different aspects. It is the second largest state with more than twenty-six million people residing. People all over the state live in a variety of environments, cities, suburbs, rural areas, you name it. Of course though, like in everything else, there are always both positive and negative things. However, despite the fact that Texas have very high poverty rates and it has the second highest income inequality, Texas is a very interesting state and it has a lot of things that are worth learning about. I learned some things about Texas politics that I thought were very interesting. These topics include the State Constitution and the legislature.

1. He was elected by the Texan volunteers who occupied the Alamo to be commander instead of William Travis.

One of the most importants things he did was make a school system for the kids in the south . He did this by putting away public lands for school systems to be able to make sure kids were able to have an education even if they weren’t rich. Now even though public schools didn’t come into effect until decades later he is still considered “ The Father of Texas Education” . Another thing he did was help put the Texas Navy together so Texas could be protected from other countries such as Mexico he did this by using government funding and he was very aggressive when using the navy because he thought very highly of it. Native Americans was another thing he strongly fought against driving some groups out by 1840

Seguin was elected as a Texas Senator from 1837 to 1840 and worked closely with Congressman José Antonio Navarro to introduce and support the best interests of the citizens of Texas. In 1839, Juan Seguin at a town thirty miles east of San Antonio, he was honored by parade and celebration. That newly named town would now bear his own name, Seguin and then Seguin became mayor of San Antonio in 1841.

I will be talking about Benjamin Edwards and how he was important to Texas. Edwards was born on October 26, 1931 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In 1825 he moved to Texas to Hadens colony (His brother Haden Edwards). On December 16, while the mexican authorities and troops were advancing on Nacogdoches, Edwards and 30 other men rode into Nacogdoches and proclaimed the Republic of Fredonia, this instituting the attempt minor revolution known as the Fredonia Revolution. On December 21 Edwards made an agreement with Richard Fields and Dr. John Dunn Hunters by which, in return for for their cooperation, the Cherokees were to have land of Texas between the Red River and the Rio Grande west of Old San Antonio Road while the rest of the land belonged

In 1984, Perry was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. He was a Democrat who served three 2 year terms in office. In 1988 Perry supported Al Gore in the democratic presidential primaries and chaired the Gore campaign in Texas. In December of 200, Rick Perry assumed the Governorship when the governor George W. Bush resigned to become the president of the United States. Rick Perry held the position of governor for Texas for 14 years, the longest Texas has ever seen. Perry had run for president twice. Once in 2011 and again in 2015 both times he failed to attract enough voters to become a leader in the race.

General Thomas was a very significant figure during the 1700’s, General Gage was the most powerful British official in the United States during the early days of the American Revolution. Thomas Gage was born in Friel, England he was a descendent of a Norman family dating back to the conquest. Thomas was the second son of a viscount , a British nobleman ranking above a Barron and below an earl which served him well in life , Thomas used his father's power as a viscount as an advancement in the military and politically. Gage was engaged with politics at one point of time but soon stopped, him and his father both ran for seats in parliament but when Gage did not get that seat on parliament he contend his argument against parliament he soon later

James E. “Pa” Ferguson was born on August 31, 1871 in Salado, Texas. His life was more of a fall, rise, and fall. At the age of 4 his father, James Edward, passed away. His mother continued living on the farm they had, and Ferguson began to work on the fields at a young age. At age 12 he attended Salado College, however, he ended up getting kicked out of for disobedience. By the age of 16 he left home for 2 years wandering around, living of any job he was offered. Afterwards, he returned to Bell County, where he briefly studied law and was then admitted to the bar in 1897. This is the point where he slowly began to rise up.

His campaign focused on four themes: welfare reform, tort reform, crime reduction and educational improvement. He won re-election in 1998, becoming the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms.

Throughout Texas history, there have been a number of men and women to serve in their government that have stood out from the rest. Allan Shivers has been one of those men who have stuck out not only as a sore thumb, but even more as one of Texas greatest politicians. Even though his come down from politics was a rough road, his accomplishments more than equal out a bad reputation. From rags to riches, he is a landmark in the lone star state.

He became governor of Texas in 1994. In 1999 first governor to re –elected for a four year term. He became the 43rd president of the United States on January 20, 2001. (Wade, 1999)