Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) represented the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives, and was elected Governor of Tennessee. He resigned the governorship in 1829 and lived with the Cherokee in the Arkansas Territory. The Cherokee named him "Golanv" meaning "The Raven". In 1832 he moved to Coahuila y Tejas and was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. Houston was appointed commander-in-chief of the Provisional Army of Texas, and accepted the surrender of Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna following the Battle of San Jacinto.
Twice elected as President of the Republic of Texas, Houston eventually favored annexation to the United States. Afterwards he represented Texas in the United States Senate and was elected the 7th Governor of Texas. When the state seceded from the Union on March 5, 1861, Houston refused to sign a loyalty oath to the Confederate States of America and was removed from office on March 16.
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+Sam Houston bibliographyAuthorTitle PublisherNotes Pub DateRefsLife of General Sam Houston (Pamphlet)J.T. TowersWashington D.C.1852A Picture Book of Sam HoustonHoliday HouseNew York, NY2012Sam Houston: A Leader for TexasChildren's PressNew York, NY1998Sam Houston is My HeroTexas Christian University PressFort Worth, TX2003The Paper Republic : the Struggle for Money, Credit and Independence in the Republic of TexasBright Sky PressHouston, TX2009Samuel Houston : Army leader & historic politicianABDO Pub. Co.Edina, MN2010Sam Houston:Soldier and StatesmanBridgestone BooksMankato, MN2003Solitary star; a biography of Sam HoustonPutnamNew York, NY1974Life of General Houston, 1793–1863Dodd, Mead and CompanyNew York, NY1891Sam HoustonMacmillan PublishersNew York, NY1917Sam Houston and the American SouthwestHarperCollinsNew York, NY1993An American in Texas: The Story of Sam HoustonMorgan Reynolds PressGreensboro, NC2004Sam Houston: Champion of AmericaRourke PublicationsVero Beach, FL1987Life and select literary remains of Sam Houston of TexasJ. B. LippincottPhiladelphia, PA1884Sam Houston : American HeroHendrick-Long PublishingDallas, TX1993Sam Houston, Colossus in BuckskinCosmopolitan Book CorporationNew York, NY1928Sword of San Jacinto: a life of Sam HoustonRandom HouseNew York, NY1993Sam HoustonSmall, Maynard & CompanyBoston, MA1900Sam Houston’s TexasUniversity of Texas PressAustin, TX1964Sam Houston, the Great DesignerUniversity of Texas PressAustin, TX1954Make Way for Sam HoustonPutnamNew York, NY1986Sam HoustonRaintree Children's BooksAustin, TX1988Sam Houston of TexasChildren's PressChicago, IL1974Sam Houston with the Cherokees, 1829–1833University of Oklahoma PressNorman, OK1996Sam Houston:Texas HeroCompass Point BooksMinneapolis, MN2006Sam HoustonUniversity of Oklahoma PressNorman, OK2002"My master," the Inside Story of Sam Houston and His Times, by His Former Slave, Jeff Hamilton, as told to Lenoir HuntState House PressAustin TX1992Sam HoustonMitchell LaneHockessin, DE2007Houston and Crockett: heroes of Tennessee and Texas: an anthologyTennessee Historical CommissionNashville, TN1986Sam HoustonPutnamNew York, NYillustrated by Salem Tamer1968sword ofSam Houston, Man of DestinyEakin PressAustin, TX1987Speech of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas, exposing the malfeasance and corruption of John Charles Watrous, judge of the federal court in Texas, and of his confederates : delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 3, 1859Pudney & RussellNew York, NY1860The Autobiography of Sam HoustonUniversity of Oklahoma PressNorman, OK edited by Donald Day & Harry Herbert Ullom1954Ever Thine Truly : Love Letters from Sam Houston to Anna RaguetJenkins Garrett PressAustin, TX1975The Raven: a biography of Sam HoustonBobbs-Merrill Company1930 Pulitzer Prize for biography1929Bessie Rowland JamesSix Feet Six, the Heroic Story of Sam HoustonBobbs-Merrill CompanyIndianapolis, IN1986 The Texas that might have been: Sam Houston's foes write to Albert Sidney JohnstonTexas A & M University PressCollege Station, TXCollected by Margaret Swett Henson, introduction by Donald E. Willett2009 Sam Houston, the Tallest TexanRandom HouseNew York. NY1953Sam Houston in the Senate Pemberton PressAustin, TXFrom Chapter 5 of Profiles in Courage1970Liberty, Justice & F’rall : the Dog Heroes of the Texas RepublicEakin PressAustin, TXFiction, as told by Sam Houston's dog Liberty1998Retreat to Glory; the Story of Sam HoustonHarper and RowNew York, NY1965Sam Houston, Hero of TexasGarrard PubublishingChampaign, IL1965Sam HoustonChelsea HouseNew York, NY1991Sam Houston and his RepublicBurgess, Stringer & CoNew York, NY1846The Life of Sam Houston. The hunter, patriot, and statesman of TexasDavis, Porter & Coates1866Life and achievements of Sam Houston: Hero and StatesmanJ.B. AldenNew York, NY1883Biographical Sketch of the Life of Sam HoustonHerald Steam Printing HouseeBook1882Empire of Bones: a Novel of Sam Houston and the Texas RevolutionWilliam MorrowNew York, NY1993Sam Houston, Fugitive from Justice1927Sam HoustonNaylor CompanySan Antonio, TX1967Sam Houston, Soldier, Patriot, Statesman, the Great Man of Texas. Pithy Anecdotes of Sam HoustonSan Antonio, TX1936The Sam Houston StoryMonarch BooksDerby, CT1961Sam Houston, the Empire Builder; His Love Affairs and Political EntanglementsFour States Pub. HouseJefferson, Texas1956The Legal 100: a Ranking of the Individuals Who Have Most Influenced the LawCarol PublicationsSecaucus, NJ1998The Eagle and the RavenTom Doherty AssociatesAustin, TX1990Miller|Barbara Kiely MillerSam HoustonWeekly Reader PublishingPleasantville, NY2008Sam HoustonFollett PublishingChicago, IL1966Sam Houston: a Man Who Knew and Loved GodC. Moore1997 Promised Land : Solms, Castro, and Sam Houston’s colonization contractsTexas A&M University PressCollege Station, TX2009Sam Houston Slept Here : Homes of the Chief Executives of TexasEakin PressAustin, TX2004Sam Houston, Friend of the IndiansHoughton MifflinBoston, MA1958From Slave to Statesman : the Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam HoustonUniversity of North Texas PressDenton, TX1993Star of Destiny : the Private Life of Sam and Margaret HoustonUniversity of North Texas PressDenton, TX1993The Personal Correspondence of Sam HoustonUniversity of North Texas PressDenton, TX1996The Lea Ancestry of Margaret Lea, Wife of Gen. Sam HoustonB.L. RoseRichmond, VA1987Sam Houston:Texas HeroEnslow PublishersSpringfield, NJ1996Sam Houston’s Wife: a Biography of Margaret Lea HoustonUniversity of Oklahoma PressNorman, OK1970Sam Houston, PatriotThe Century CoNew York, NY1930Sam Houston, Boy ChieftainBobbs-MerrillIndianapolis, IN1953Sam HoustonCapstone PublishersMankato, MN2004Sam HoustonWeigl PublishersNew York, NY2011Sam Houston and His Twelve Women; the Ladies Who Influenced the Life of Texas’ Greatest StatesmanPemberton PressAustin, TX1966Sam Houston: Standing FirmBright Sky PressHouston, TX2008Sam Houston: I Am Sam HoustonBright Sky PressHouston, TX2009How Texas Won Her Freedom; the Story of Sam Houston & the Battle of San JacintoSan Jacinto Museum of HistorySan Jacinto, TX1958Sam Houston and the War of Independence in TexasHoughton Mifflin HarcourtBoston, MA1893Following General Sam Houston from 1793 to 1863SteckAustin, TX1935The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813–1863University of Texas PressAustin, TX1938–1943Sam Houston: a Biography of the Father of TexasSimon & SchusterNew York, NY1993Sam Houston, American GiantR.B. LuceWashington D.C.1962Sam Houston: for Texas and the UnionPowerPlus BooksNew York, NY2003Sam Houston, Fighter and LeaderAbingdon-Cokesbury PressNashville, TN1953Sam Houston of TexasCreative EducationMankato, MN1988
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