Sam Houston
Sam Houston was born in Lexington, Virginia, United States on March 2nd, 1793 and is the Politician. At the age of 70, Sam Houston biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Early political career
Houston began an apprenticeship with Judge James Trimble in Nashville after leaving government service. He jumped at the state bar and opened a law firm in Lebanon, Tennessee. Houston won the election as the district attorney for Nashville in 1819 with the help of Governor Joseph McMinn. He was also designated as a major general of the Tennessee militia. Houston, like his predecessors, was a founding member of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated state and national politics in the decade after the War of 1812. After the 1820 United States Census, Tennessee gained three seats in the United States House of Representatives, and Houston went unopposed in the 1823 election for Tennessee's ninth congressional district. In his first major speech in Congress, Houston called for the recognition of Greece, which was battling an internal war against the Ottoman Empire.
In the 1824 presidential election, Houston overwhelmingly supported Jackson's candidacy, which featured four leading candidates, all from the Democratic-Republican Party, running for president. The House of Representatives held a contingent election, which was won by John Quincy Adams as no candidate regained a majority of the vote. Supporters of Jackson eventually joined the Democratic Party, and those who supported Adams became known as National Republicans. Houston became governor of Tennessee in 1827 with Jackson's support. Governor Houston argued for internal improvements, such as canals, and that the cost of land for homesteaders living on the public domain was reduced. He also helped with Jackson's resurgent campaign in the 1828 presidential election.
Eliza Allen, the daughter of wealthy plantation owner John Allen of Gallatin, Tennessee, was born in January 1829. The marriage fell apart for the first time perhaps because Eliza fell in love with another man. Houston resigned as governor of Tennessee in April 1829, following the breakdown of his marriage. He returned to Arkansas Territory to recover the Cherokee shortly after leaving office.