[Sam Houston, full-length portrait, facing right]

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[Sam Houston, full-length portrait, facing right]

[1856 or 1857]

https://lccn.loc.gov/2005694395

Caption label from exhibit "American Treasures--Memory": Sam Houston (1793-1863) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in Texas history. As commander-in-chief of the Texas Army in 1835, he was wounded in the Battle of San Jacinto, which secured Texas independence from Mexico. When Texas joined the Union, Houston served as one of its senators. He was later elected as governor of Texas. Portraits from life of Sam Houston are extremely rare, only two full-length portraits of him are known to exist. This unpublished photograph was taken in 1856 or 1857, when Houston was a United States Senator.

1 photographic print : salted paper.

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Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division

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Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division

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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...