James Pinckney Henderson (born December 5, 1803 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died June 4, 1858 in Washington DC), the first Governor of Texas, served between February 19, 1846 and December 21, 1847.
James Pinckney Henderson was the first governor of Texas after it became a state in 1846. He was elected in November, 1845 and served from February 19, 1846 to December 21, 1847.
The first governor of the Republic of Texas was SAM HOUSTON!
He became the 8th Governor of Tennessee in 1827 and the 7th Governor of Texas in 1859.
February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847
James Pinckney Henderson was the first state governor of Texas in 1846.There were five presidents of the independent Texas Republic (1836-1846), including Sam Houston, the first elected after independence from Mexico.*(The first governor of Texas in New Spain was Domingo Terán de los Ríos in 1691. When Mexico achieved independence, the first governor of Mexican Texas was José Félix Trespalacios in 1821.)James Pinckney Henderson
President of the Republic of Texas and in 1845 that was Anson Jones who was followed in 1846 by James Pinckney Henderson, the First Governor of the State of Texas.
James Pinckney Henderson was the first governor of Texas, and held tenure from 1846 to 1850. The population of Texas, a new state at the time, was 212,592, according to the official U.S. Census report of 1850.
William Findlay - governor - died in 1846.
Thomas Stevenson Drew (born August 25, 1802 in Wilson County, Tennessee; died January 1, 1879 in Lapin, Texas) succeeded Archibald Yell as the third Governor of Arkansas, serving between November 5, 1844 and January 10, 1849, including the whole of 1846.
Texas Navy ended in 1846.
Frank Brown - governor - was born on 1846-08-08.
1846 Texas was part of America.