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Sam Houston

1793 - 1863

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Samuel Houston ( , HEW-stən; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate. He also served as the sixth governor of Tennessee and the seventh governor of Texas, the only individual to be elected governor of two different states in the United States. Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Houston and his family relocated to Maryville, Tennessee, while he was a teenager. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Houston is the 6,883rd most popular politician (down from 5,818th in 2019), the 2,503rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,866th in 2019) and the 212th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sam Houston ranks 6,883 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria Miloslavskaya, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Hendrik Verwoerd, Grimoald, King of the Lombards, Sid Watkins, and Prince Alexandre of Belgium. After him are Carmen Pereira, Emperor Konoe, Constantine II of Scotland, Samir Amin, Michel Debré, and Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Sam Houston ranks 18. Before him are Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Radama I, James Dunlop, Josef Ressel, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, and Charles Paul de Kock. After him are Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Thomas Addison, Karl Lachmann, Philipp Veit, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, and Constantine Kanaris. Among people deceased in 1863, Sam Houston ranks 21. Before him are Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Solomon Northup, Natalia Pushkina, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, and C. L. Gloger. After him are Eilhard Mitscherlich, Radama II, Mangas Coloradas, Peter Andreas Munch, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, and Kamehameha IV.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Houston ranks 2,503 out of 20,380. Before him are Curtis LeMay (1906), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Robert Sternberg (1949), Bob Fosse (1927), Joe Pantoliano (1951), and Michael Jeter (1952). After him are Cindy Sherman (1954), Charles Bachman (1924), Gene Roddenberry (1921), Jessye Norman (1945), Peggy Lee (1920), and Jane Darwell (1879).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Sam Houston ranks 212. Before him are Dan Quayle (1947), William Wirt (1772), Dan White (1946), Mike Dunleavy (1961), William H. Seward (1801), and Curtis LeMay (1906). After him are Ron Paul (1935), Henry L. Stimson (1867), George Wallace (1919), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Maggie Hassan (1958), and Samuel Adams (1722).

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