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Profession. Lawyer. Author. Historian. Andrew Jackson Houston (June 21, 1854 – June 26, 1941) was an American politician. He was a son of the famous Texas founder and statesman Sam Houston and his wife Margaret Lea Houston, and was named for his father's mentor Andrew Jackson.
Su presunta embriaguez y el abandono de su oficina y de su esposa causaron una grieta con su mentor y amigo Andrew Jackson que no sería resuelta en varios años. Controversia y juicio. En un viaje de negocios a Nueva York y a Washington D. C., Houston se vio implicado en una disputa con un miembro del Congreso anti-Jacksonista.
- Sam Houston
- Mirabeau B. Lamar
Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, and Sam Houston, one of the key figures in the Texan Revolution, first met in the War of 1812, when Houston joined the U.S. Army. Their paths crossed when Jackson, a Major General, noticed Houston’s courage, tenacity, and leadership skills.
Andrew Jackson Houston. Andrew Jackson Houston made history on June 2, 1941, when he became the oldest man ever to become a freshman United States senator. When Andrew was born, eighty-six years earlier, his father—Sam Houston—held the Texas U.S. Senate seat that his son would later occupy.
He served under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812; afterwards, and despite his earlier connections to the Cherokee people, he presided over the mass removal of Cherokee from Tennessee. With the support of Jackson, among others, Houston won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1823.
- 1813–1818 (U.S. Army), 1835–1836 (Texan Army)
- Edward Clark
8 de dic. de 2021 · Andrew Jackson Houston, politician, son of Sam and Margaret (Lea) Houston, was born at Independence, Texas, on June 21, 1854. In 1874, after attending various military academies and colleges including Baylor, he mustered the Travis Rifles to protect the new post-Reconstruction Democratic legislature.
Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941), the son of the renowned Sam Houston, lived a life of service marked by an enduring commitment to his home state of Texas. A multi-faceted personality, he demonstrated his dedication in various capacities – as a military leader, a legal advocate, a political figure, and a historian.
