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Sam Houston Removed as Governor

Category Government & Politics
Date March 16, 1861
Country United States

Sam Houston was removed as governor after refusing to take the oath of allegiance demanded by the secession convention. Lieutenant Governor Edward Clark replaced him, marking a decisive change in Texas leadership at the outbreak of the Civil War.

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