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Presidents of the Republic of Texas

First President of the Republic

Burnet, David Gouverneur (1788-1870) Born in Newark, N.J., April 14, 1788. President of the Texas Republic, 1836; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40. Died December 5, 1870; burial location unknown. Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV.html, Galveston, Tex.; re-interment to unknown location. Burnet County, Tex. is named for him

Second & Fourth President of the Republic

Houston, Samuel 'Sam' (1793-1863) Cousin of David Hubbard; father of Andrew Jackson Houston. Born near Lexington, Va., March 2, 1793. U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th District 1825-27); Governor of Tennessee, 1827-29; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; delegate to Texas Republic constitutional convention, 1836; President of the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1838; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1846-59; Governor of Texas, 1859-61. Died of pneumonia, in Huntsville, Tex., July 26, 1863. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex. Houston counties in Minn., Tenn. and Tex. are named for him. (See also his congressional biography.)

Third President of the Republic

Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte (1798-1859) of Texas. Born near Louisville, Ga., August 16, 1798. Member of Georgia state senate, 1829-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1832, 1834; colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1836; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1836-38; President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state legislature, 1847; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1858-59; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1858-59. Died of a heart attack, near Richmond, Tex., December 19, 1859. Interment at Morton Cemetery, Richmond, Tex. Lamar County, Tex. is named for him.

        Fifth President of the Republic

Jones, Anson (1798-1858) Born in Great Barrington, Mass., January 20, 1798. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1839-41; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President of the Texas Republic, 1844-45. Took his own life, at Houston, Tex., January 9, 1858. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex. Jones County, Tex. is named for him.

 

Flags of the Republic of Texas

 

1. Flag of the Alamo--Flag generally believed to be the one flown during the Battle of the Alamo; sometimes referred to as the "1824 flag."

2. Flag of Goliad and Velasco--Unfurled at Goliad and Velasco by Captain William Brown on his return from the Siege of Bexar.

3. Flag of Georgia Battalion--Presented by Joanna Troutman to Colonel William Ward's Georgia Battalion prior to its departure for Texas.

4. Naval Flag--Designed by ad interim president David Burnett and adopted by the First Congress of the Republic of Texas.

5. David G. Burnet Flag (12/10/1836-1/24/1839)--Adopted as the first national flag by the First Congress of the Republic of Texas.

6. Captain Burroughs' Flag--Brought to Texas during the summer of 1836 by a company under Captain Burroughs of Zanesville, Ohio.

7. Dodson Flag--Made by Sarah Dodson, wife of Lieut. A. B. Dodson, for a company he helped organize at Harrisburg in September, 1835.

8. McGahey Flag--First displayed at Lynchburg during the fall of 1835; named after James L. McGahey, who later described the flag.

9. San Felipe Flag--Presented to a company of militia at San Felipe on February 29, 1836; made by two ladies, names currently unknown.

10. Flag of San Jacinto--Used at the Battle of San Jacinto; brought to Texas by Newport Volunteers of Kentucky under Sidney Sherman.

11. Lone Star Flag (official flag after 1/24/1839)--Adopted by the Third Congress of the Republic; became state flag after annexation.