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Sam Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American soldier and politician. An important leader of the Texas Revolution, Houston 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 American to be elected governor of two different states in the United States.
Portrait photograph of Sam Houston from a 1/6th plate daguerreotype, Eastman Museum, author unknown. |
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USED Dredge Sam Houston raising, after being struck and sunk by the barge Lake Capens, being towed by tug Hulver
of Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., Neches River to Beaumont, TX., 6:20pm, 11 June 1930.
Photo from USACE Digital Library |
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USED Dredge Sam Houston under re-construction in a drydock, 11 August 1932, at Ingalls Iron Works Co., at Mobile, AL,.
US Army Corps of Engineers photo from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library |
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USED Dredge Sam Houston working, 12 March 1937, location unknown
US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library |
John Spivey |
