[DOC] [TLE] REPUBLIC OF TEXAS | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ... [PAR] Jun 15, 2010 ... At its adoption, the chairman of the convention appointed Childress to head a ... 
Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836. ... He would be the 
commander in chief of the army, navy, and militia, but .... On October 22 Houston 
took the oath of office as president before a joint session of Congress. [DOC] [TLE] TEXAS REVOLUTION | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ... [PAR] Aug 7, 2010 ... In early October he therefore led his command, all volunteers, toward San 
Antonio. ... The convention also appointed Sam Houston major general of the 
Texas army and ... In the battle of the Alamo (March 6, 1836), the Texans were ... 
Sam Houston, who was the only hope of the fledgling Republic of Texas. [DOC] [TLE] Texas Revolution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835  April 21, 1836) began when colonists 
in the Mexican ... In March 1836, a second political convention declared 
independence and appointed leadership for the new Republic of Texas. .... After 
Santa Anna's troops subdued the rebellion in Zacatecas in May, he gave his 
troops two... [DOC] [TLE] President of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia [PAR] (David G. Burnet, Interim MarchOctober 1836). Final holder, Anson Jones. 
Succession, Governor of Texas. The President of the Republic of Texas was the 
head of state when Texas was an independent .... (aged 70), October 22, 1836  
December 10, 1838, Nonpartisan, 1 (1836)  Commander-in-Chief of the Texian 
Army [DOC] [TLE] Sam Houston elected as president of Texas - Sep 05, 1836 ... [PAR] On this day in 1836, Sam Houston is elected as president of the Republic of 
Texas, ... At that time, Houston was appointed military commander of the Texas 
army. ... On April 21, he led some 800 Texans in a surprise defeat of 1,500 
Mexican ... from office in March 1861 after refusing to swear allegiance to the 
Confederacy. [DOC] [TLE] Texas Revolution Timeline - SoftSchools [PAR] The settlers in Texas were unhappy living under Mexican rule and the 
government ... In the first major armed battle of Texas's war for independence, the 
Texas army ... October 22, 1836, Sam Houston is named President of the 
Republic of Texas. ... He will also be the third president and later becomes the 
governor of Texas... [DOC] [TLE] Sam Houston | TSLAC - Texas State Library and Archives Commission [PAR] Mar 13, 2015 ... Triumph and Tragedy: Presidents of the Republic of Texas ... October 6, 1835 - 
Named commander-in-chief by Nacogdoches "Committee of Vigilance" ... March 
11, 1836 - Arrives in Gonzales to take command of army, learns of the fall ... was 
determined not to fight the enemy unless he thought he could win. [DOC] [TLE] Ten Great Men - Texas Revolution [PAR] Sam Houston was born March 2, 1793 at Timber Ridge Plantation in ... With the 
Texas Revolution in it's year, he was named commanding general of the 
revolutionary army. ... His command was reconfirmed, and he led the Texas army 
to a brilliant ... He served as the first president of the new republic from 1836 to 
1838 and... [DOC] [TLE] Texas Revolution: Facts and Timeline for kids *** [PAR] Find a summary, definition and facts about the Texas Revolution for kids. ... of 
over 350 Texans who had been forced to surrender to the Mexican army of Santa 
Anna. .... on March 27, 1836, when over 350 Texan prisoners, and their 
commander ... October 22, 1836: Sam Houston is named President of the 
Republic of Texas. [DOC] [TLE] Sam Houston a Texas Hero - Lone Star Technologies [PAR] Jun 7, 2016 ... Sam(uel) Houston, governor of two states, president of the Republic of ... of the 
Texas Revolution in that year he was named commanding general of the 
revolutionary army. In March 1836, Houston was a delegate to the convention 
that ... His

Question: In March 1836 he was named commander of the Texas army; by October he was president of the republic
Answer: Sam Houston