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12 de sept. de 2018 · Sam was more successful when he became president of the new Republic of Texas in October 1836. By April 1837, he achieved his divorce by asking for a hearing before a district court judge, an exception to the law that would have required an act of divorce by the Texas Congress.
Neither Houston nor Eliza ever gave a reason for their separation, but Eliza refused to sanction divorce. Subsequently, he resigned his governorship and went to live with his Cherokee family for three years.
- 1813–1818 (U.S. Army), 1835–1836 (Texan Army)
- Edward Clark
Eliza Allen Houston Douglass [a] (December 2, 1809 – March 3, 1861) was the first wife of Sam Houston. Their marriage, over after just eleven weeks, ended Houston's career as governor of Tennessee. Houston resigned and went to the home of his foster father John Jolly, a leader of the Cherokee people. Allen returned to her family in Sumner County.
23 de jun. de 2016 · Sam Houston and Margaret Moffette Lea were married the following year on May 9, 1840. This was Sam’s third marriage. The first ended in divorce and the second ended amicably in Indian Territory. However, this marriage was different. He and his new wife seemed to be destined to be together.
- Shannon Salas
Sam Houston married Eliza Allen in 1829, when he was a rising star in Tennessee politics. At the time, he had served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was then the Governor of Tennessee. However, only 11 weeks after the marriage, Eliza left Houston under circumstances that were never publicly explained. What is known is that Houston ...
“There was one really big problem with Houston's pursuit of Anna: he was still married to Eliza. Texas was still part of Mexico and divorce was illegal under Mexican law, so even if he were granted a divorce in the United States, it wouldn't have been recognized in Mexico and he would be guilty of bigamy if he re-married,” Sosebee explained.
81-9o. 24Davis, Nashville Tennessean, Aug. 19, 1962. In accordance with Emily Peyton's account is Eliza's great-niece Eleanor Allen Sullivan, who stated in 1962 that Eliza entered the marriage. "freely and hopefully," and that the tale of family coercion is "absurd" (Wisehart, Sam Houston: American Giant, 653).
