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Republic Government Transfers Power to First State Governor

Category Republic & Statehood
Date February 19, 1846
Country United States

At a ceremony in Austin, Anson Jones transferred authority to Governor J. Pinckney Henderson, completing the formal transition from republic to state government.

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