Industrial Age · North America · Politics
1836
Sam Houston President of Texas
October 22, 1836
The constitution of the new Republic of Texas having been ratified by popular vote, Sam Houston - victor of San Jacinto, quarrelsome former governor of Tennessee - was inaugurated as its first president in the provisional capital of Columbia. The republic would issue its own currency, maintain its own navy, and try repeatedly to be annexed by the United States.
In context
Also in 1836 (4 other events on record)
- Fall of the Alamo · North America · War
- Great Trek Begins · Africa · Politics
- Battle of San Jacinto · North America · War
- Dickens's Pickwick Papers · Europe · Culture
Before and after in North America
- Before: 1835: Texas Revolution Begins
- After: May 10, 1837: Panic of 1837
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs
- After: June 20, 1837: Victoria Becomes Queen
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.
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