Claim: In 1861, Texas, which joined the Confederate States of America, was placed under martial law a year later and Jacob Kuechler, who voluntarily resigned as a commissioner of the Texas General Land Office in 1870, after numerous rallies conducted to overthrow him.
Evidence: A slave state before the American Civil War, Texas declared its secession from the U.S. in early 1861, and officially joined the Confederate States of America on March 2 of the same year. In 1862, Confederate authorities imposed martial law on Central Texas. He was elected commissioner of the Texas General Land Office in 1870, holding the position for the entire four years of the administration of Governor Edmund J. Davis.