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Early Leaders of Texas

Biographies of the political and military leaders who secured Texas independence and built the Republic. These figures shaped Texas’s identity from the Mexican era through the Revolution of 1835–1836 and into the Republic period (1836–1845).

This section is a work in process and more biographies will be added.

Juan Seguín: Tejano Leader of the Texas Revolution
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Juan Seguín: Tejano Leader of the Texas Revolution

John Hemphill and the Foundations of Texas Jurisprudence Map of Texas Republic 1844
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John Hemphill and the Foundations of Texas Jurisprudence

Stephen F. Austin: American, Mexican, and Texan Statesman
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Stephen F. Austin: American, Mexican, and Texan Statesman

Key Figures in the Texas Revolution Painting of the Fall of the Alamo, showing Davy Crockett making a last stand alongside other Alamo defenders as the Mexican Army attacks.
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Key Figures in the Texas Revolution

David Burnet: Revolutionary President of the Republic of Texas
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David Burnet: Revolutionary President of the Republic of Texas

J. Pinckney Henderson: Diplomat and First Texas Governor
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J. Pinckney Henderson: Diplomat and First Texas Governor

DeWitt’s Empresario Contract (1825) Page 3 of the original 1825 signed empresario contract in Spanish between Green DeWitt and the Mexican government
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DeWitt’s Empresario Contract (1825)

“A nation can only be free, happy, and great in proportion to the virtue and intelligence of its people.” — Stephen F. Austin

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