H.R. No. 150

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, July 26, 2013, marks the 150th anniversary of the
	death of Sam Houston, a towering figure in Texas history; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Virginia on March 2, 1793, Houston emigrated
	to eastern Tennessee with his family after the death of his father,
	and as an adolescent, he left home to live for a time among the
	Cherokees; he joined the United States Army at the age of 20 and
	fought the British under Andrew Jackson's command in the Battle of
	Horseshoe Bend, receiving three near-fatal wounds; and
	WHEREAS, Houston subsequently studied law and opened a
	practice in Lebanon, Tennessee; with General Jackson's
	endorsement, he was named adjutant general of the state militia,
	and he was later elected attorney general for the District of
	Nashville in 1818; he went on to become major general of the state
	militia and then served two terms in the United States House of
	Representatives before becoming governor of Tennessee; and
	WHEREAS, In the wake of a brief, disastrous marriage, Houston
	resigned from office and went to live among the Cherokees in what is
	now Oklahoma; he took an active role in Native American affairs,
	working as a peacemaker among tribes and serving as a tribal
	emissary; after moving to Mexican Texas in 1832, he practiced law
	and became involved in the Anglo-Texan movement for independence;
	he served as a delegate from Nacogdoches to the Consultation of
	1835, which appointed him major general of the Texas army; and
	WHEREAS, In February 1836, Houston helped negotiate a treaty
	with the Cherokees as a commissioner for the provisional
	government; the following month, he served as a delegate from
	Refugio to the convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos, where the
	assembly adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence and
	appointed Houston commander in chief of the Texas army; Houston set
	high standards for his troops, and he ultimately led them to victory
	over the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21,
	1836; and
	WHEREAS, Acclaimed as "Old Sam Jacinto," Houston became the
	first regularly elected president of the Republic of Texas; the
	town of Houston, which was named in his honor in 1836, served as
	capital of the Republic for most of his first administration;
	because the constitution barred him from succeeding himself, he
	represented San Augustine in the Texas House from 1839 to 1841
	before returning to serve a second term as president; and
	WHEREAS, When Texas joined the Union, Houston became one of
	its two United States senators and served for 13 years in that
	capacity; he was considered presidential material, but at home, his
	staunch commitment to the Union became increasingly controversial;
	although he was a slave owner himself, he drew the wrath of
	proslavery elements by supporting the 1820 Missouri Compromise, the
	1848 Oregon Bill, and the Compromise of 1850, all designed to limit
	slavery north of latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes; in 1855, the Texas
	Legislature officially condemned his opposition to the
	Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise, and
	his future in the U.S. Senate was doomed; he met defeat in an 1857
	gubernatorial campaign but was returned to the Governor's Mansion
	two years later; and
	WHEREAS, Houston vehemently opposed the swelling secession
	movement during his term as governor, warning that civil war would
	lead to the destruction of the South; desperate to avoid bloodshed
	within Texas, however, he ultimately acquiesced to the secessionist
	tide, but he refused to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederate
	States of America and was removed from office; two years later, at
	the age of 70, he succumbed to pneumonia at his home in Huntsville;
	and
	WHEREAS, A proud Texan and a prominent, fiercely loyal
	American, Sam Houston played a monumental role in founding the Lone
	Star State and setting the course of its future, and his colorful
	life and extraordinary record of public service have continued to
	fascinate and inspire Texans to the present day; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
	Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commemorate the
	sesquicentennial of the death of Sam Houston.
	Branch
	Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira
	Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr
	Alonzo Gooden Otto
	Alvarado Guerra Paddie
	Anchia Guillen Parker
	Anderson Gutierrez Patrick
	Ashby Harless Perez
	Aycock Harper-Brown Perry
	Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips
	Bohac Herrero Pickett
	Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts
	Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price
	Branch Huberty Raney
	Burkett Hughes Ratliff
	Burnam Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Callegari Johnson Riddle
	Canales Kacal Ritter
	Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis
	Clardy King of Parker Rose
	Coleman King of Taylor Sanford
	Collier King of Zavala Schaefer
	Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets
	Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell
	Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell
	Creighton Krause Simmons
	Crownover Kuempel Simpson
	Dale Larson Smith
	Darby Laubenberg Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer
	J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson
	S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland
	Deshotel Longoria Strama
	Dukes Lozano Taylor
	Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria
	Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris
	Elkins Martinez Toth
	Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin
	Farias McClendon Turner of Harris
	Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles Villalba
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White
	Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman
	Giddings Murphy Wu
	Goldman Naishtat Zedler
	Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 150 was adopted by the House on July 30,
	2013, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House