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    Thomas Jefferson Rusk (December 5, 1803 – July 29, 1857) was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary...
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    is Henderson. The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas. Rusk County is part of the Longview, Texas metropolitan...
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    (1835–36, 1837–38, 1841–44) Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1836) Mirabeau B. Lamar (1838–41) Anson Jones (1844–46) Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1836) William S. Fisher...
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    relations with Mexico. He selected Mirabeau Lamar as vice president, Thomas Jefferson Rusk as secretary of war, Smith as secretary of the treasury, Samuel...
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    April 11, 1846. It was named after Thomas Jefferson Rusk, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. By 1850, Rusk reportedly had 355 residents. A...
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  • in action at the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, despite attempts by Thomas Jefferson Rusk to save his life. Manuel Fernández Castrillón was born in either...
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    Houston and Thomas Jefferson Rusk were chosen over him to represent Texas in Washington, DC. After the suicide of Thomas Jefferson Rusk in 1857, Jones...
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  • Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of Thomas Jefferson Rusk. On May 11, 2023, the university joined the University of Texas...
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    James Fannin, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Thomas Jefferson Rusk and William B. Travis. There are also bronze plaques that commemorate...
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    Power John S. Roberts Sterling C. Robertson José Francisco Ruiz Thomas Jefferson Rusk William. B. Scates George W. Smyth Elijah Stapp, ancestor of Brown...
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