Who was a person who supported Sam Houston?

At any given time in Sam Houston's history in Texas he certainly had his detractors. Any figure as large in life as General Houston would be a polarizing figure in any time. He also had his supporters, including the well known frontiersman, spy, and Ranger Captain, Erastus “Deaf” Smith. read more

On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at San Jacinto to secure Texan independence. He was voted president in 1836 and again in 1841, then served as a senator after Texas became a state in 1845. read more

He supported annexation by the United States and he became a U.S. Senator upon achieving it in 1845, and finally a governor of the State of Texas in 1859, whereby Houston became the only person to have become the governor of two different U.S. states through popular election, as well as the only state governor to have been a foreign head of state. read more