Sam houston biography and accomplishments
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Sam Houston
History from Home - Sam Houston
The son of Major Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Houston, Sam Houston was born in a log cabin on the family’s plantation March 2, 1793 in Timber Ridge, Virginia. He was the fifth of nine children.
After the death of his father, the Houston family moved to Maryville, Tennessee near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. There, the family farmed 419 acres and opened a store.
Sam Houston, a Runaway Adopted by Cherokees
Sam cared for neither farming nor storekeeping and ran away at 16 to live with the Cherokees. It was here that he met Chief Oo-loo-tek-a, known to the whites as John Jolly, who became his adopted father and gave him his Cherokee name “Colonneh,” the Raven.
Three years later, Sam Houston returned to Maryville. Houston tried several jobs, including opening a one-room schoolhouse, which was very successful.
Sam Houston fights in the War of 1812
He joined the U.S. Army
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Sam Houston
“He had to figure out how to play it just right.”
Dr. Donald Frazier talks about Sam Houston’s doubts and decisiveness.
HOUSTON JOINED THE ARMY in 1813, where he excelled. Wounded at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, he gained the favor of Andrew Jackson. He served the government in Indian affairs, studied law, and quickly rose to public office. Sequentially, Houston was Attorney General, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Governor of Tennessee.
After a brief unhappy marriage, Houston retired from stat i usa politics to live among Native Americans in what is now Oklahoma. Gradually easing back into politics, he migrated to Texas where he served as a delegate at the Convention of 1833.
Houston was soon citing the need for military action against Mexico, and in 1835 was appointed major general of the Texas Army. Houston made peace with the indigenous peoples of the distrikt so the Texians could focus on their push for Independence without d
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Sam Houston
American general and statesman (1793–1863)
For other people named Sam Houston, see Sam Houston (disambiguation).
Sam Houston | |
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Portrait by Mathew Bradyc. 1848–1850 | |
| In office December 21, 1859 – March 15, 1861 | |
| Lieutenant | Edward Clark |
| Preceded by | Hardin Richard Runnels |
| Succeeded by | Edward Clark |
| In office February 21, 1846 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | John Hemphill |
| In office December 21, 1841 – December 9, 1844 | |
| Vice President | Edward Burleson |
| Preceded by | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Succeeded by | Anson Jones |
| In office October 22, 1836 – December 10, 1838 | |
| Vice President | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Preceded by | David G. Burnet (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| In office 1839–1841 | |
| In office October 1, 1827 – April 16, 1829 | |
| Lieutenant | William Hall |
| Preceded by | William Carroll |
| Succeeded by | William Hall |
| In office March | |