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Definition of Samuel Houston
1. Noun. United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samuel Houston
Literary usage of Samuel Houston
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"Case of Samuel Houston. The journal of yesterday having been read, Mr. STANBERRY
expressed a wish to have the journal of Thursday, the 19th instant, ..."
2. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"General Samuel Houston [Tex.]; Anti-Slavery Speakers, William L. Dayton (NJ],
Senator Webster, John M. Niles [Ct.]— Bill Is Passed—President Polk on ..."
3. A History of the United States by Charles Kendall Adams, William Peterfield Trent (1903)
"Although Mexico had not recognized her independence, Texas had now been a republic
ever since General Samuel Houston' had defeated the Mexican leader, ..."
4. Records of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A (1841)
"Mr. Samuel Houston. Of New York Presbytery: The Rev. Drs. Timothy Jones, Hugh
Knox, fid Alexander McWhorter, and Rev. Messrs. Jonathan Elmer, Nathan Kerr, ..."
5. A History of the United States by Charles Kendall Adams, William Peterfield Trent (1922)
"The leading Texans were Americans, however, and desired annexation, GENERAL SAMUEL
HOUSTON. ... Samuel Houston."
6. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36 by Chester Newell (1838)
"... met and passed resolutions to raise and organize forces, and appointed their
distinguished fellow-citizen, Samuel Houston, General of Depart- ment. ..."
7. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"Case of Samuel Houston. The journal of yesterday having been read, Mr. STANBERRY
expressed a wish to have the journal of Thursday, the 19th instant, ..."
8. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"General Samuel Houston [Tex.]; Anti-Slavery Speakers, William L. Dayton (NJ],
Senator Webster, John M. Niles [Ct.]— Bill Is Passed—President Polk on ..."
9. A History of the United States by Charles Kendall Adams, William Peterfield Trent (1903)
"Although Mexico had not recognized her independence, Texas had now been a republic
ever since General Samuel Houston' had defeated the Mexican leader, ..."
10. Records of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A (1841)
"Mr. Samuel Houston. Of New York Presbytery: The Rev. Drs. Timothy Jones, Hugh
Knox, fid Alexander McWhorter, and Rev. Messrs. Jonathan Elmer, Nathan Kerr, ..."
11. A History of the United States by Charles Kendall Adams, William Peterfield Trent (1922)
"The leading Texans were Americans, however, and desired annexation, GENERAL SAMUEL
HOUSTON. ... Samuel Houston."
12. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36 by Chester Newell (1838)
"... met and passed resolutions to raise and organize forces, and appointed their
distinguished fellow-citizen, Samuel Houston, General of Depart- ment. ..."
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