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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.

Governor Allan Shivers and the Fight to Preserve Segregation
20th Century HistoryBiographyGovernors of Texas

Governor Allan Shivers and the Fight to Preserve Segregation

Elisha M. Pease: Governor of Texas During the Post-War Military Occupation
Annexation and Statehood (1845-1860)BiographyGovernors of TexasThe Reconstruction Era (1865–1874)

Elisha M. Pease: Governor of Texas During the Post-War Military Occupation

Sam Houston’s Return: Inaugural Address as Governor, 1859 sam houston wide
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Sam Houston’s Return: Inaugural Address as Governor, 1859

Coke Stevenson: Texas Governor During the Second World War
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Coke Stevenson: Texas Governor During the Second World War

Dolph Briscoe: The Last Governor in Texas’ Rural Democratic Tradition
20th Century HistoryBiographyGovernors of Texas

Dolph Briscoe: The Last Governor in Texas’ Rural Democratic Tradition

Bill Clements: The First Republican Governor of Texas in 100+ Years
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Bill Clements: The First Republican Governor of Texas in 100+ Years

Oran M. Roberts: Jurist-Governor of Post-Reconstruction Texas
BiographyGovernors of TexasThe Courthouse Era (1875-1900)

Oran M. Roberts: Jurist-Governor of Post-Reconstruction Texas

DeWitt’s Empresario Contract (1825) Page 3 of the original 1825 signed empresario contract in Spanish between Green DeWitt and the Mexican government
Colonial Era RecordsEarly Leaders of TexasMexican Texas (1821–1836)

DeWitt’s Empresario Contract (1825)

Edna Gladney: Pioneer of Adoption Reform and Child Welfare in Texas
Biography

Edna Gladney: Pioneer of Adoption Reform and Child Welfare in Texas

Ann Richards: Texas Governor in an Era of Political Realignment
20th Century HistoryBiographyGovernors of Texas

Ann Richards: Texas Governor in an Era of Political Realignment

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