A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . Texas were notfelt nor appreciated by them. To them General Houston wasthe central figure in the Revolution, whose success they con-sidered had been won by his valor and skill, and as the heroof San Jacinto his military fame, as so often happens, outshonethe less sensational achievements of civil life. Besides, Houstonwas a skilful politician, adroit, dramatic, popular in his speechand manner, and trained in a State where politics and publicspeaking had reached the position of a fine art. So he wasbrought out as a candidate, a
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . Texas were notfelt nor appreciated by them. To them General Houston wasthe central figure in the Revolution, whose success they con-sidered had been won by his valor and skill, and as the heroof San Jacinto his military fame, as so often happens, outshonethe less sensational achievements of civil life. Besides, Houstonwas a skilful politician, adroit, dramatic, popular in his speechand manner, and trained in a State where politics and publicspeaking had reached the position of a fine art. So he wasbrought out as a candidate, apparently against his wishes, bypublic meetings at Columbia, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, andelsewhere. The Wharton party, finding thev could not elect Sam Houston • o . ^ elected first Smith, threw their influenceto General Houston. In the election president 246 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. IKRioD IV that followed Houston received four thousand three hundredthk kkil:blic ^nd sevcnty-four votes, Smith seven hundred and forty-five, 1836 TO1846 First Congress lJI^. «6ac^: IlRST Capitol , 1836, lira HoustonsCabinet First Judici-ary of the Re-public and Austin live hundred and eighty-seven. Mirabeau B. Lamarwas elected Vice-President, in consequence, it was said, of Hous-tons complimentary mention of him in the report of the battleof San Jacinto. The First Congress met at Columbia, to which place thecapital had been removed from Velasco, on October 3, and thePresident and Vice-President elect were in-stalled on October 22, 1836. The vote forannexation was almost unanimous, while theconstitution was also adopted by a largevote, but the proposed authority to Con-gress to amend it was defeated. President Houston appointed as hisCabinet, Stephen F. Austin, secretary ofstate ; Henry Smith, secretary of thetreasury ; Thomas J. Rusk, secretary ofwar; S. Rhoads Fisher, secretary of thenavy ; James Pinckney Henderson, attorney-general ; RobertBarr, postmaster-general. Congress or
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