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Sam Houston
Political figure tracked on midtermpolls.com
Democratic Party
Biography
American statesman, politician, and soldier (1793-1863)
Political party
- Democratic Party
- Democratic Party
- Democratic Party
Occupations
- politician
- lawyer
Terms in office & positions
- United States representative — 1823-03-04 – 1827-03-04
- Governor of Texas — 1859-12-31 – 1861-03-28
- President of the Republic of Texas — 1841-12-21 – 1844-12-09
- Governor of Tennessee — 1827-10-01 – 1829-04-16
- President of the Republic of Texas — 1836-10-22 – 1838-12-10
- United States senator — 1846-02-21 – 1847-03-04
- United States senator — 1847-03-04 – 1849-03-04
- United States senator — 1849-03-04 – 1851-03-04
- United States senator — 1851-03-04 – 1853-03-04
- United States senator — 1853-03-04 – 1855-03-04
- United States senator — 1855-03-04 – 1857-03-04
- United States senator — 1857-03-04 – 1859-03-04
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Offices & 2026 races
No current office or 2026 race on file from our delegation data.