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Strongly opposed.
He was strongly against the secession and favored unionism
He was forced out of office as the Governor of Texas.
Really He wanted it. He was thinking that if secession went through he would have the Market, at that time, and it would would be his. Sam Houston was a great entrepreneur. The result has gone down in history.
John Houston, Governor of Texas.
Strongly opposed.
He was strongly against the secession and favored unionism
He was forced out of office as the Governor of Texas.
Houston was devoted to the Union, and so he was anopponent of secession. He also thought it was unwise to enter awar that he believed the South could not win.
He opposed it and refused to take the oath to the Confederacy which cost him his job as the Texas Governor.
Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson and Texas Governor Sam Houston
Sam Houston was the governor of Texas before the Civil War. But once the Civil War started Texas became part of the Confederate States of America (CSA) he refused to agree to the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, so they fired him.
Sam Houston was removed as a Governor for not supporting the South.
Not in favor
Sam Houston He was a US Senator at the time
He refused to take an oath to the Confederate States of America, was removed from office as the Governor and refused an offer from Presiident Lincoln of 50,000 US troops.
he felt good about it