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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.
1697 (Texas) / 1698 (Coahuila) Official governor; subsequently governed Nuevo León (1705–1707) and Honduras (1705–1709). Francisco Cuervo y Valdés: 1698 1702 (Texas) / 1703 (Coahuila) Official governor; previously governed Nuevo León (1687–1688), then Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico (1705–1707) subsequently. Matías de Aguirre: 1703 1705
Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1519 until 1821. Spain claimed ownership of the region in 1519. Slave raids by Spaniards into what became Texas began in the 16th century and created an atmosphere of antagonism with Native Americans (Indians) which would cause endless difficulties for the Spanish in the future.
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 ...
[2] [3] In some respects, it is the lieutenant governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate, who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush , who resigned to take office as the 43rd president ...
His goal was to inflame the northernmost provinces, especially Spanish Texas, in the hopes that his cause might win the support of the United States. [ 2 ] On January 21, 1811, Las Casas, a retired militia captain from Nuevo Santander led a group of army sergeants at Presidio San Antonio de Bexar to stage a coup in San Antonio .
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.