Sam Houston My Fifth Cousin

By: Lindsay Speck

Biography

• Sam Houston was the 8th governor of Tennessee.

• He was the 1st president of the republic of Texas in office from October 22, 1836 to

December 10, 1838. • He also was the 3rd president of the republic

of Texas in office from December 13, 1841 to December 9, 1844

• Also, Houston is the only person in US history to have been the governor of the two

different states (although other men had served as governors of more than one

American territory.

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• Sam Houston was born march 2, 1793 in Rockbridge county, Virginia and sadly died July 26, 1863 at age

70.• Also Sam Houston's political party was a democrat.

• Sam was married three times. His first wife was named Eliza Allen. They were married January 22, 1829. Sam Houston's second wife was a Cherokee Indian woman whose name was Tiana Rodgers,

also known as Diana Rodgers. They were married in the summer of 1830.

Margaret Moffette Lea was Sam Houston's third wife. They were married May 9, 1840 and remained

married for the remainder of Sam Houston's lifetime.

What He Did To Be A Good Citizen

• A few weeks after the fall of the Texan forces at the Alamo, Sam Houston's army met with Santa Anna's army and quickly defeated the Mexicans and that

was a BIG step in Texas history. • In March of 1836 Texas declared independence from

Mexico, and Sam Houston used his militia to defend the newly formed Republic of Texas against the

forces of Mexican dictator and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana. Which was an AMAZING thing in the

United States.

Things Named After Sam Houston

Since Sam Houston is

such a famous person he has all these things

named after him

• Houston, Texas, the largest city in the state and fourth largest in the United States;

• Houston, Missouri; • Houston County, Minnesota; • Houston County, Tennessee; • Houston County, Texas; • Houston Street in New Haven, Connecticut; • Sam Houston Tollway in Houston, Texas; • Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas; and • Sam Houston State University in

Huntsville, Texas. • Several high schools named

Sam Houston High School • Sam Houston Elementary School in

Maryville, Tennessee. • Sam Houston National Forest in Texas; • Sam Houston Coliseum; • Sam Houston Park, Houston, Texas; • Fort Sam Houston Independent School District; • Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery; • Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge; • Sam Houston Regional Library and Research

Center;

Theses Are Pictures Of Sam Houston

These Are Pictures Of The Sam Houston

Statue

The largest statue of an American is of Sam Houston

The statue is 65 feet tall and can be seen for a

couple of miles when you are driving up the Interstate from the south. There is a neat little Visitors Center and park surrounding the

statue.

These Are Quotes That Sam Houston Said

• Education "I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time."

• "It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was defective and I feel

the inconvenience, if not the misfortune of not receiving a classical education. Knowledge is the food of genius, and my son, let no opportunity

escape you to treasure up knowledge.“• Texas

• "Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural

advantages." • "All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate

men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men."

• "Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may."

These Are Quotes That Sam Houston Said

• Before the battle of San Jacinto • "We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest,

and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your

children may bless their father's name.“• Civil War

• "To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and the men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve

you to death. It will take the flower of the country — the young men." • "In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse

to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her." • "I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the

descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of

Cowpens and Yorktown. For this reason I predict the civil war which is now at hand will be stubborn and of long duration."

Bibliography

http://dictionary.reference.com/

browse/militiahttp://www.google.com/

http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/History/

quotes.shtml