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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 27 

Honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2009 

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Juan 

Nepomuceno Seguin. 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was born October 27, 

1806, in San Fernando de Bejar, New Spain (known 

today as San Antonio, Texas), and died on August 27, 

1889; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin fought for the rights of 

all native Texans, despite the threat of death, by opposing General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana’s disregard of 

the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which granted all citizens and subjects of Mexico their basic human rights; 

Whereas in 1835, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin sought to convene the first revolutionary meeting in protest of the devastating demands and actions of the government of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana; 


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Whereas on October 24, 1835, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was 

commended for his interception of vital documents sent 

to General Martin Perfecto de Cos, commander of the 

Mexican Army in Texas, and was appointed by the Commander in Chief of the Texas volunteer army, Stephen F. 

Austin, as the captain of a volunteer company of Hispanic farmers and ranchers; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin fought in the Battle of 

Concepcion, which led to the occupation of the Mission 

San Antonio de Valero (commonly known as the Alamo); 

Whereas on December 9, 1835, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin 

was an active participant in the liberation of San Antonio, during which General Martin Perfecto de Cos surrendered and paroled his army by withdrawing it south of 

the Rio Grande; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin and the other volunteers 

in his company were among the 189 brave and heroic 

men who, on February 22, 1836, fell back to the reinforced battlements of the Alamo to which the Mexican 

Army under the command of General Antonio Lopez de 

Santa Ana laid siege; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin escaped the fate of the 

other defenders of the Alamo because Colonel William B. 

Travis sent him on an urgent mission to the town of 

Goliad to seek reinforcements from Colonel James W. 

Fannin on March 5, 1836, the day before the fall of the 

Alamo; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, upon hearing of the fall 

of the Alamo, promptly raised a new company for the defense of Texas, and joined forces with General Sam 


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Houston, commander of the remaining Texas volunteer 

army; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was among the 750 Texans who defeated 1,500 soldiers of the Mexican Army in 

the Battle of San Jacinto, which led to the establishment 

of the Republic of Texas and, later, statehood for Texas; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was an important political figure in both the Republic and the State of Texas, 

serving as mayor of San Antonio, senator in the Congress 

of the Republic of Texas, and judge of Wilson County, 

Texas; 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin has been recognized by 

the State of Texas as a hero of its war for independence, 

and has been honored by the citizens of Walnut Spring, 

Texas, who renamed their town Seguin, Texas; 

Whereas all children in the United States, regardless of 

where they live, currently learn about Juan Nepomuceno 

Seguin, a historically significant Hispanic figure; and 

Whereas Juan Nepomuceno Seguin fought for freedom, justice, and dignity for all peoples: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog2 nizes the accomplishments and bravery of a great Amer3 ican hero, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin. 

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