HR123 - Commemorating the 232nd anniversary of the birth of Sam Houston.

      H.R. No. 123       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, March 2, 2025, marks the 232nd anniversary of the   birth of Texas icon Sam Houston; and          WHEREAS, Born in Virginia in 1793, Sam Houston was the son of   Samuel and Elizabeth Houston; his father died when he was 13, and   his mother resettled the family on a farm in Tennessee; in 1809, he   left home to live among the Cherokees; he enlisted in the U.S. Army   during the War of 1812 and quickly earned promotion to third   lieutenant; serving under General Andrew Jackson, he demonstrated   great valor and leadership in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, despite   suffering three near-fatal wounds; and          WHEREAS, General Jackson became a mentor, spurring his   protégé's swift rise in the military and politics; elected to the   U.S. House of Representatives in 1823, Mr. Houston served two terms   before winning the governor's race in Tennessee; he resigned two   years later and went to live among the Cherokees in Oklahoma, where   he often acted as a tribal emissary and worked to keep peace among   tribes; perceiving Texas as a land of promise, he relocated in 1832   and soon became involved in the Anglo-Texan independence movement;   he was a delegate from Refugio to the convention at   Washington-on-the-Brazos, where the Texas Declaration of   Independence was signed on March 2, 1836; appointed major general   of the new republic's army, he led his troops to victory over   Mexican General Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto; and          WHEREAS, Hailed as a hero, Mr. Houston became the first   regularly elected president of the Republic of Texas and guided it   through many perils during two terms, separated by a stint   representing San Augustine in the Texas House; he facilitated the   Lone Star State's entry into the Union and then became a U.S.   senator, serving from 1846 to 1859; a staunch Unionist and powerful   orator, he strenuously opposed rising sectionalism; opposition   from proslavery factions caused his political fortunes to wane, but   after an unsuccessful run for governor in 1857, he triumphed in the   next gubernatorial election; as the clamor for secession rose, he   warned that civil war would result in the destruction of the South;   he refused to take the oath of loyalty to the newly formed   Confederate States of America, and the Texas Secession Convention   removed him from office; retiring from public life, he moved his   family to Huntsville in 1862; he died of pneumonia on July 26 of the   following year, at the age of 70; and          WHEREAS, Bold and resolute, Sam Houston was a towering figure   in the history of our state and nation, and his enormously   consequential accomplishments remain a source of inspiration   today; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas   Legislature hereby commemorate the 232nd anniversary of the birth   of Sam Houston.     Cain     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 123 was adopted by the House on April   17, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 7, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House