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When Texas Was a Country

  • August 12, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Republic of Texas was an independent nation for 10 years after separating from Mexico in 1836. General Sam Houston, a former U.S. congressman, was its first elected president but later backed the U.S. annexation of Texas. He became the new state’s first senator in 1846.

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