Object Details
Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Depicts
Sam Houston, American, 1793 - 1863
Description
This Sam Houston Issue stamp features a portrait of Sam Houston. He was born in Virginia in 1793. Houston’s family later moved to Tennessee, where he enlisted to serve the War of 1812. Following the war, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee and later, was elected as governor of Tennessee. In 1835, he moved to Texas, where he served in the Texas Army as it fought for its independence. Houston rose up the ranks to become Commander-in-Chief and signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. He was elected twice as President of the Republic of Texas. Following his presidency, and the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1945, he was elected to the United States Senate for Texas.
United States; Texas; Virginia; Tennessee; Mexico; Sam Houston; state; republic; annexation; House of Representatives; Senate; Congress; Texas Declaration of Independence; President; War of 1812; politician; soldier; portrait
Date
January 10, 1964
Object number
1980.2493.5470
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (black); adhesive / engraving
Place
Texas
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Military & Policing Forces
Political Figures
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5470