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27 Sep 2019

Cecilia Abbott

Cecilia Abbott became first lady of Texas when her husband, Governor Greg Abbott, was sworn in as governor on January 20, 2015. Mrs. Abbott was raised in San Antonio by parents…

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Greg Abbott

Greg Abbott is the 48th Governor of the State of Texas. Before his election in 2014, Greg Abbott was the 50th and longest-serving Attorney General of Texas, where he earned…

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05 Nov 2018

James Pinckney Henderson

JAMES PINCKNEY HENDERSON was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina but left to read law and was admitted to the Bar in 1829.…

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05 Nov 2018

George T. Wood

GEORGE T. WOOD, born in Cuthbert, Georgia is said to have had less than four years' schooling. He became a merchant and served in the Georgia state legislature in 1837…

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05 Nov 2018

Peter Hansborough Bell

PETER HANSBOROUGH BELL was born in Culpeper, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He had been a merchant in Petersburg, Virginia for a number of years when he left to…

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05 Nov 2018

Elisha Marshall Pease

ELISHA MARSHALL PEASE was born in Enfield, Connecticut. He left school at the age of fourteen to become a clerk in a country store in Hartford. Nine years later he…

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05 Nov 2018

Hardin Richard Runnels

Reportedly born in Mississippi, HARDIN RICHARD RUNNELS is said to have migrated to Texas with his mother after his father's death. In his early twenties at that time, he settled…

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05 Nov 2018

Samuel Houston

The only person ever to serve as governor of more than one state, SAMUEL HOUSTON was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia and moved to Tennessee as a child. In 1813,…

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05 Nov 2018

Edward Clark

A native of Georgia, EDWARD CLARK moved with his mother to Montgomery, Alabama after his father's death, attending common schools and studying law. He relocated to Texas in 1842 and…

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05 Nov 2018

Francis Richard Lubbock

FRANCIS RICHARD LUBBOCK was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He attended private schools in South Carolina until the age of fourteen, when his father's death forced him to seek employment.…

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05 Nov 2018

Pendleton Murrah

Born in South Carolina, PENDLETON MURRAH moved at an early age to Alabama, where he was educated by a charitable society of the Baptist Church. He went on to graduate…

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05 Nov 2018

Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale

FLETCHER S. STOCKDALE was born in Russellville, Kentucky. After studying law in Kentucky, he moved to Indianola, Texas at the age of nineteen. Involved with the railroad industry, he promoted…

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