Records 1857-1859

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Records 1857-1859

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Types of records are correspondence, reports, election returns, petitions from citizens of various counties, memorandums, appointments and resignations, transcripts, proclamations, broadsides, financial records, and messages to and from the Texas Senate and House of Representatives, dating from 1857 to 1859. Records document the term Hardin R. Runnels served as governor of Texas.

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Texas. Governor (1857-1859 : Runnels)

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Hardin Richard Runnels served as governor of the state of Texas from December 21, 1857 to December 21, 1859. Runnels was born in Mississippi on August 30, 1820. He settled with his mother and two brothers on a plantation in Bowie County in 1842. From 1847 to 1852, Runnels represented Bowie and various surrounding counties in the 2nd through 5th Legislatures; he was chosen speaker of the house in his last term. Runnels was elected lieutenant governor under Elisha M. Pease, and was the only person...

Texas. Office of the Governor

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During the 1950s Governor Price Daniel popularized a tradition of Texas governors honoring citizens of Texas by proclaiming them “Admirals in the Texas Navy.” Citizens receive their honorary title for a number of reasons such as special achievement in government service or athletics. The criteria and the selection is at the discretion of the governor. Many citizens are nominated by their state legislators. Native-born Texans are designated as “admirals;” non-native Texans are “honorary admirals....

Runnels, Hardin Richard, 1820-1873

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