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Learn about the pivotal events, movements, and power struggles that have shaped Texas government and public life.

Elisha M. Pease: Governor of Texas During the Post-War Military Occupation Painting of Governor Elisha Pease
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
Annexation and Statehood (1845-1860)Governors of TexasPrimary Sources in Texas HistorySpeeches & Addresses

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

Coke Stevenson: Texas Governor During the Second World War
20th Century HistoryBiographyGovernors of Texas

Coke Stevenson: Texas Governor During the Second World War

Dolph Briscoe: The Last Governor in Texas’ Rural Democratic Tradition Governor Dolph Briscoe speaks to the press.
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
20th Century HistoryBiographyGovernors of Texas

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)

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

Ann Richards: Texas Governor in an Era of Political Realignment

Texas’ Citizen Soldiers: Peacetime Deployments of the National Guard texas national guard and border patrol
Military HistoryTexas History

Texas’ Citizen Soldiers: Peacetime Deployments of the National Guard

Moses Austin’s Spanish Empresario Contract
Colonial Era RecordsSpanish Texas (1690–1821)

Moses Austin’s Spanish Empresario Contract

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