Records 1873-1877

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....

Texas Rangers

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In November 1835, Texas lawmakers created a corps of Texas Rangers to guard the frontier between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. During the Texas Revolution and republic era, the Rangers were used principally for protection against Native American raids. After serving for the Confederacy in the Civil War, the organization was restructured as state police and charged with the enforcement of unpopular Reconstruction laws. The beginning of the 20th century saw the Rangers involved in de...

Coke, Richard, 1829-1897

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Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch iii.79 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000759.0x0001e9 Epithet: gentleman, subject of Wolley Ch x.60 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000759.0x0001e1 Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch xi.42, 43 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...

Texas. Governor (1874-1876 : Coke)

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Richard Coke, governor of Texas, held office from January 15, 1874 to December 1, 1876. Coke was born March 13, 1829 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and began practicing law before moving to Waco, Texas in 1850. In 1859 he was a member of a commission which removed the Brazos Reservation Indians to the Indian Territory. After serving in the Secession Convention of 1861, Coke rose in the ranks of the Confederate Army from private to captai...

Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875)

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