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Biography

Explore the history of Texas through the lives of leading political figures—governors, power brokers, reformers, and rogues. For anyone curious to understand Texas’s political system and evolution, this is a good place to start.

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

Juan “Cheno” Cortina: Caudillo of the Rio Grande
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Juan “Cheno” Cortina: Caudillo of the Rio Grande

Santa Anna: The Villain of the Texas Revolution Santa Anna Texas Film Portrayal
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Santa Anna: The Villain of the Texas Revolution

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

Kay Bailey Hutchison: Republican Internationalist of the Bush-Era GOP
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Kay Bailey Hutchison: Republican Internationalist of the Bush-Era GOP

Barbara Jordan: Texas State Senator and National Orator
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Barbara Jordan: Texas State Senator and National Orator

Biography of Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick Lieutenant Governor Texas Dan Patrick Senate C
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Biography of Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick

Pat Neff: Pro-Labor Baptist Governor of the 1920s
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Pat Neff: Pro-Labor Baptist Governor of the 1920s

Jane McCallum: Suffragist and Texas Secretary of State
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Jane McCallum: Suffragist and Texas Secretary of State

David Burnet: Revolutionary President of the Republic of Texas
BiographyEarly Leaders of TexasThe Republic of TexasThe Texas Revolution

David Burnet: Revolutionary President of the Republic of Texas

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