With so much of its wealth invested in slavery, Tyler and Smith County suffered from an economic depression in the early post war period. The town's woes were further compounded when the Texas and Pacific and the International railroads both bypassed Tyler in the early 1870s. In April 1874, however, the Houston and Great Northern began service on their branch line to Tyler. In an effort to ensure the town's prosperity, leading Tyler citizens worked to have a spur built from Tyler to Ferguson (Big Sandy). The narrow-gauge line, known as the Tyler Tap Railroad, was completed in 1877. In 1879 the Tyler Tap line was acquired by the Texas and St. Louis Railway Company, which located its machine shops and hospital in the town. The Kansas and Gulf
Benton was very conflicted about slavery. He owned slaves. He lived in a state that allowed slaves. Despite this, he was extremely against introducing this evil to other territories. His main reason against introducing it was that it could become a hindrance towards expansion. Calhoun helped Benton, supporting him and helping to get legislators and even some of the Missouri delegation to back him up. Benton was a very popular Senator yet, this caused his favor to drop and he was removed of all his committee memberships. 1850 came and Benton was still fighting as the “Great Compromise,” was introduced. Benton was a fighter and he made sure everyone knew his extremely strong opinions. His opinions almost caused him to be shot by Henry Foote over
Williamson county, County Judge is Dan Gattis the District attorney is Shawn Dick, County attorney Dee Hobbs, Sheriff Robert Chody, Tax / collector Larry Gaddes, Justice courts are Precinct one Dain Johnson, Precinct two Edna Staudt and Precinct three Bill Gravel. County surveyor Joe Baker, Constables Vinnie
On April 21st, Dr. Saxe held a panel discussion that lasted an hour and 30 minutes. All type of people that work at the local and state level went there, from people running for different districts to the state representative, Chris Turner. During this panel of discussion, 8 persons had the time to introduce themselves, what they’re running for, and what they would do if they get elected. This was a great day for this class because we had the opportunity to interact with people who holds positions in the state of Texas, giving us another view of how things work in Texas.
The driving instructor for the Sears Driving School I worked for, Jerry, was known for talking without a filter. He would disregard the fact that he could offend anyone and looked down on those who had opposing views. He mostly spoke about the Bible. Other times, or most of the times rather, he ranted on about Obama, or “Nobama”. He would be oblivious to the company’s policy of “no discussing religion or politics in class” and go on to lecture about how the problems occurring today were caused by the President and his lack of ability to be the leader for the country. At first, it was hard to understand how someone could be so
As the largest state by area in the continental U.S. as the second most populous, Texas has its significant share of public policy challenges with which to contend. And as the discussion hereafter will show, many of these challenges serve as a microcosm of the broader pubic policy issues facing the United States. The issues addressed here below help to provide a better understanding of the complexities of public policy maintenance in a large and diverse state.
The Texas Government has long been considered a weak type government because it is not the government which holds all of the power, it is the voter. This weak system of government can be seen all the way up through Texas’ executive power. The Federal Government, under the authority of the U.S. Constitution has a comparatively strong centralized form of government. The plural executive in Texas and the Executive of the United States are vastly different in principle and policy. This paper will explain what the plural executive is and how it works in Texas, compare it to the U.S. Executive branch, and explain why the plural executive was created.
The state of Texas has a government that is broken up in a way to appeal to the public. The question of trusting the government is a common thing for some people. There could be many reasons for this but that’s not important. The government is here to keep control and needs to be trusted by the people. To prevent this distrust, the government is broke up into multiple different levels. These levels are made to aid public needs and separate major powers. The Texas legislature is the main level.
Texas, through hardship war and political disagreements, was finally established as a state in 1845; but the question after finally acquiring statehood was to be how would the judges be selected. Ever since 1876, it has been an issue on whether judicial selection, the appointment or election of state judges, are even beneficial. Judges are selected through partisan elections or nonpartisan elections through which these elections are determined by financial funds, credibility, and political or non-political party views.
Shishir Acharya Professor Sharifian GOVT 2306-71003 December 1, 2017 Texas House and State Committee Texas is one of the states forming United States of America and it is one of the largest state in terms of its population and the total geographical area. The local government has been divided into county government, municipal government and special districts. Texas has been divided into house districts and senate districts. The house of representatives and the house of senate plays a crucial role in deliberating on issues specific to a given department.
The government of the state of Texas is a difficult and complicated institution that is composed of many different levels. The question comes in to everyone's mind at one time or another whether or not to trust the government. It could be that people believe that the officials will take advantage of their power, or simply people don't like the idea of being controlled by someone who is not a family member or friend. To avoid this centralized power, the government is divided into stages and this is a reasonable ground for trusting the government. Government runs this state and it does deserve to be trusted.
In the United States, states and the national government share power under a unique structure called federalism. Federalism is a dual system of government. Two systems operate concurrently, one at the national level and another within each of the states. Both levels have authority over their citizens, meaning that you have to obey the laws of both the United States and the state of Texas, as well as the ordinances of local governments, which are technically subdivisions of the state. Both the state and national governments have their own executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The president serves as the nation’s chief executive; the governor holds the equivalent office in Texas. The U.S. House and U.S.
Suze Orman’s The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, & Broke stands as an in-depth guide to the financially struggling, younger generation in today’s prospering yet wallet-emptying economy. Through 300 pages of detailed advice and explanations, Orman shares her expertise. She is the author of New York Times bestsellers and national bestsellers including The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, The Road to Wealth, and Suze Orman's Financial Guidebook and the host of her award-winning CNBC-TV show, The Suze Orman Show. The start of her big financial career began early: she was an Account Executive at Merrill Lynch from 1980-83, served as Vice President of Investments for Prudential Bache Securities from 1983-87, and directed the Suze Orman Financial
The state is made up of different sectors all in existence and intertwined each other. The constitution serves many functions in the operations of the government and the life of the people governed. The document houses the rules of the land and the conditions governing the way the various sectors of the economy react and act in a mutual status. The constitution is the key to the viable existence of the people of Texas providing the fundamental rules and laws for the inception and operations of legal laws (Brown et al., 2014). Likewise, the constitution outlines the underlying breakdown of the way the individual powers and limits to the powers in place exist.
There are many Texas myths that endured about carpetbaggers during the failed Reconstruction era. “Carpetbaggers was generally used to describe Northerners who moved to the south after the Civil War especially who joined state Republicans formed in 1867” pg. 212. They were rumored to be allegedly “corrupt and dishonest adventurous who’s property could fit in a carpet bag (a soft suitcase made of carpet) who seized political power”. In this essay, I will analyze how the myth/legend came about, why the myth/legend is important to Texas history and what implications is has for the history and memory of Texas.
Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social, fiscal, and educational issues. On the whole, Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this, policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic, liberal president, the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the major increase in immigration, it is no surprise that the issue was so emphasized. Between 2000 and 2011 there was a 30 percent