[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM HOUSTON

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, it is Sam Houston's birthday. He was 
born in Virginia on March 2, 1793. He lived primarily in Tennessee, but 
he got to Texas as fast as he could.
  Houston fought with Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson during the Creek 
Indian wars of 1812. Later, he served as a Congressman and a Governor 
of Tennessee.
  Sam spent time throughout his life living with the Cherokee Indians 
where the chief adopted him, naming him ``the Raven.'' He finally 
pulled up stakes and took off for Texas to help the Texas cause for 
independence against Mexico. In 1836, General Sam and the boys 
successfully led the Texi'ans at the Battle of San Jacinto against 
Mexico, and Texas became a free and independent nation.
  Sam Houston was president of the Republic of Texas, and 9 years 
later, when Texas joined the Union, he became Governor and then a U.S. 
Senator. He is the only person in United States history to have served 
as a Governor and a Member of Congress from two States. The City of 
Houston and one of my grandsons, Barrett Houston, is named in his 
honor.
  And that's just the way it is.

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