Sam Houston: Hero of Texas Independence War

Samuel Houston

An American soldier and politician. He served as Governor of Tennessee, the 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas, a United States Senator representing Texas, and Governor of Texas. As Commander-in-Chief of the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution, he commanded the Battle of San Jacinto, routing the Mexican army and securing a decisive victory for Texas independence. After the annexation of Texas, he became a U.S. Senator and acted as a strong Unionist as sectional tensions escalated.

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Year	Samuel Houston
1793	Birth of Samuel Houston (Period: March 2, 1793, Location: Near Lexington (present-day Lexington area, Virginia))
1808	Enlistment in the U.S. Army (Age: 14 years old, Period: 1808, Location: United States)
1810	Life with the Cherokee (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1810s–1820s, Location: Tennessee, Arkansas Territory, etc.)
1812	War of 1812 (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1812–1815, Location: Southern United States, especially around Alabama and Tennessee)
1813	Creek War (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1813–1814, Location: Southeastern United States, centered around Alabama)
1814	Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Age: 21 years old, Period: March 27, 1814, Location: Horseshoe Bend, Alabama) Wounding at Horseshoe Bend (Age: 21 years old, Period: March 27, 1814, Location: Horseshoe Bend, Alabama)
1829	Marriage (Samuel Houston, Eliza Allen, Age: 35 years old, Period: January 22, 1829, Location: Gallatin, Tennessee)
1830	Marriage (Samuel Houston, Diana Rogers, Age: 36 years old, Period: Summer 1830, Location: Cherokee Tribal Lands, Present-day Southeastern United States)
1832	Assault on William Stanbery (Age: 39 years old, Period: April 13, 1832, Location: Washington, D.C.) Relocation to Texas (Samuel Houston, Age: 39 years old, Period: December 1832, Location: Mexican Texas)
1835	Texas Revolution (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1835–1836, Location: Mexican Texas) Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Texian Army (Samuel Houston, Age: 42 years old, Period: November 1835, Location: Territory of the Texas Independence Movement)
1836	Participation in the Texas Declaration of Independence (Age: 43 years old, Period: March 2, 1836, Location: Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas) Battle of San Jacinto (Age: 43 years old, Period: April 21, 1836, Location: Around Present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas) Inauguration as the First President of the Republic of Texas (Samuel Houston, Age: 43 years old, Period: October 22, 1836 – December 10, 1838, Location: Republic of Texas)
1838	Córdova Rebellion (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1838, Location: Eastern Republic of Texas, Around the Angelina River)
1839	Governor of Tennessee (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1839–1841, Location: Nashville, Tennessee)
1840	Marriage (Samuel Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea, Age: 47 years old, Period: May 9, 1840, Location: Around Marion, Alabama)
1841	Inauguration as the Third President of the Republic of Texas (Samuel Houston, Age: 48 years old, Period: December 21, 1841 – December 9, 1844, Location: Republic of Texas)
1842	1842 Mexican Invasions of Texas (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1842, Location: Republic of Texas (San Antonio, etc.))
1845	Texas annexation (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1845, Location: Republic of Texas / United States of America)
1846	Mexican-American War (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1846–1848, Location: Mexico / American Southwest) United States Senator from Texas (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1846–1859, Location: Washington, D.C.)
1859	Inauguration as Governor of Texas in 1859 (Samuel Houston, Age: 65 years old, Period: 1859–1861, Location: Austin, Texas)
1861	American Civil War (Age: 67 years old, Period: 1861 to Houston's final years in 1863, Location: United States of America) Texas Joining the Confederacy (Age: 67 years old, Period: 1861, Location: Austin, Texas) Removal from the Office of Governor of Texas (Age: 67 years old, Period: March 1861, Location: Austin, Texas)
1863	Death of Samuel Houston (Age: 70 years old, Period: July 26, 1863)

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The Randolph Family	Peyton Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke Edmund Jennings Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. John Randolph
The Harrison Family	Benjamin Harrison V Carter Henry Harrison I William Henry Harrison Carter Bassett Harrison Benjamin Harrison IV
Wars with Indigenous Peoples and Territorial Expansion	Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison John Sevier Isaac Shelby Tecumseh William Weatherford Pushmataha Osceola Sequoyah
Texas annexation	James Knox Polk John Tyler Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Samuel Houston Stephen Fuller Austin

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