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The president of the Republic of Texas (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Tejas) was the head of state and head of government while Texas was an independent republic between 1836 and 1845. The president served as the commander-in-chief of the Texas Military Forces. [1]
President: Took office: Left office: Notes: David G. Burnet: 1836 1836 Burnet County; (acting) Vice-president of Texas under Lamar, U.S. Senator-Elect 1866. Sam Houston: 1836 1838 Houston; Houston County; also served as Governor and U.S. Senator, and formerly in Tennessee as Governor and U.S. Representative. Referred to as the first President ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
Trump won Texas in 2016 against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by about 9 points. While he lost the overall race, he won Texas against Joe Biden in 2020 by about 6 points .
The best 10% and worst 10% remain unchanged from their 2018 poll (top five: F. D. Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington, T. Roosevelt, Jefferson; bottom five: A. Johnson, Buchanan, Trump, Harding, Pierce). 41% of the scholars polled said that if a president were to be added to Mount Rushmore, it should be FDR. 63% believed that the president should be ...
As part of C-SPAN's third Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, nearly 100 historians and biographers rated the 43 former presidents.
Meanwhile, the vice president is holding a rally in Houston with an expected performance from city-native Beyoncé. Here’s what you need to know about both Texas appearances. Trump in Austin
2.2 Vice-President. 2.3 Secretary of State. 2.4 Secretary of War. ... A list of officials of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846: First elected government of the Texas ...