1. On May 9, 1840, Sam Houston, aged 47, married for a third time.
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2. In late 1860, Sam Houston campaigned across his home state, calling on Texans to resist those who advocated for secession if Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election.
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5. Sam Houston sought the presidential nomination at the Know Nothing party's 1856 national convention, but the party nominated former President Millard Fillmore.
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7. Sam Houston voted against the act, in part because he believed that Native Americans would lose much of their land as a result of the act.
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12. Sam Houston was the first person to serve as the governor of a state and then be elected to the US Senate by another state.
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13. Sam Houston chose to align with the Democratic Party, which contained many of his old political allies, including President Polk.
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14. Sam Houston continued to curry favor with Britain and France, partly in the hope that British and French influence in Texas would encourage the United States to annex Texas.
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15. Sam Houston appointed Anson Jones as secretary of state, Asa Brigham as secretary of the treasury, George Washington Hockley as secretary of war, and George Whitfield Terrell as attorney general.
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16. Sam Houston defeated Burnet in the 1841 Texas presidential election, winning a large majority of the vote.
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17. Sam Houston was succeeded by Mirabeau B Lamar, who, along with Burnet, led a faction of Texas politicians opposed to Houston.
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18. Sam Houston sought normalized relations with Mexico and, despite some resistance from the legislature, arranged the release of Santa Anna.
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19. Sam Houston selected Thomas Jefferson Rusk as secretary of war, Smith as secretary of the treasury, Samuel Rhoads Fisher as secretary of the navy, James Collinsworth as attorney general, and Austin as secretary of state.
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21. In November, Sam Houston joined with most other delegates in voting for a measure that demanded Texas statehood and the restoration of the 1824 Constitution of Mexico.
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26. Sam Houston aided Jackson's successful campaign in the 1828 presidential election.
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29. In early 1817, Sam Houston was assigned to a clerical position in Nashville, serving under the adjutant general for the army's Southern Division.
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37. Sam Houston voted for the Compromise of 1850, which settled many of the territorial issues left over from the Mexican–American War and the annexation of Texas.
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38. Sam Houston played a key role in the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845, and in 1846 he was elected to represent Texas in the United States Senate.
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39. Sam Houston left office due to term limits in 1838, but won election to another term in the 1841 Texas presidential election.
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40. Sam Houston served under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, and after the war he presided over the removal of many Cherokee from Tennessee.
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