A brief history of Texas legend Sam Houston

Get a brief history of the legendary life of Sam Houston:

• Sam Houston was born at Timber Ridge Plantation in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
• He moved to Tennessee and was eventually adopted as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
• He won the race for governor of Tennessee in 1827.
• Houston later was selected as commander-in-chief of the Texas Army.
• His decisive win at the Battle of San Jacinto led to Texas being granted independence.
• Houston was elected the first and third president of the Republic of Texas.
• He became a U.S. senator in 1845 and the governor of Texas in 1859.
• Houston became the only person to become governor of two different states through election.
• He refused to take an oath to the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
• Houston was evicted as governor for not aligning with the Confederacy.
• He retired in Huntsville, Texas.
• Sam Houston died March 16, 1861.