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This category includes the governors of the Spanish province of Texas in the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1691 through 1821.; After the Mexican War of Independence ended Spanish control of the area in 1821, the "Mexican province of Texas" became part of the newly formed country of Mexico.
From 1691 through 1821, the Kingdom of Texas (El Reino de Texas, in modern Spanish, Tejas) was a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (El Virreinato de Nueva España). Governors of the provinces of Coahuila and Texas
In 1790, Muñoz became governor of Texas. In 1792 Muñoz served as acting governor, at the same time that the Count of Sierra investigated his management. [2] A year later, Munoz secularized the Mission San Antonio de Valero and in 1792 he also fulfilled the decree of "partial secularization" directed to the other four Spanish missions that were carried out in San Antonio.
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
Las Casas chained Salcedo, Simón de Herrera, the governor of Nuevo Santander who was living in San Antonio, and twelve other Spanish officers and humilitiated them in front of the town. The prisoners were then transferred to Monclova in Coahuila. [4] The rest of Texas was quickly revolutionized.
He assumed the political and military governorship of Spanish Texas on March 27, 1817. By the summer of 1821, the Spanish regime was faced with disaster. Agustín de Iturbide was in possession of Mexico, and Martínez, at the request of the Baron de Bastrop, approved Moses Austin's petition for permission to bring 300 settlers into Texas.
Alarcón was first appointed governor of the Spanish provinces of Coahuila and Texas in 1705. [1] At this time, no Spanish settlements existed in Texas. The last of the original Catholic missions in East Texas had been abandoned in 1699. [2] The French had been establishing settlements west of the Mississippi River, and Spanish authorities ...
This category includes governors during the American, Mexican and Spanish eras of Texas. For a complete chronological list of Texas governors, see List of governors of Texas . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of Texas .