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Nov 9, 2009 · On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at San Jacinto to secure Texan independence.
Sam Houston, American lawyer and politician, a leader in the Texas Revolution (1834–36). He later served as president (1836–38; 1841–44) of the Republic of Texas and was influential in Texas’s becoming a U.S. state in 1845.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Houston did everything possible to prevent secession and war, but his first loyalty was to Texas—and the South. Houston refused offers of troops from the United States to keep Texas in the Union and announced on May 10, 1861 that he would stand with the Confederacy in its war effort.
Apr 2, 2014 · Statesman Samuel Houston was a key political figure in the creation of the state of Texas. He was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
May 15, 2019 · Houston became a senator from Texas, serving until 1859, at which time he became governor of Texas. The nation was wrestling with the enslavement issue at the time and Houston was an active participant in the debate, opposing secession.
In 1836, he was present at the Texas Constitutional Convention and celebrated his 43rd Birthday the following day as Texas declared its independence from Mexico. He was then named Major General of the Army of the Republic of Texas.
Sam signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836, and led his troops to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. General Houston dictated the terms of peace with Santa Anna and determined the boundaries of Texas.
