Republic of Texas
 

1 Mar 1836 - 10 Dec 1836

10 Dec 1836 - 24 Jan 1839

Adopted 24 Jan 1839

Map of Texas Republic	Hear National Anthem	Texas Declaration of Independence (2 Mar 1836)	Constitution (Sep 1836)
Capital: Washington-on-the-Brazos (1 Mar 15- Apr 1836, Sep 1842 - 1844); Harrisburg (15 -26 Apr 1836);  Galveston (26 Apr -Oct 1836); Velasco (Oct 1836) ; Colombia (Oct 1836 -15 Dec 1839); Austin (17 Oct 1839 - Mar 1842, 1844-46); Houston (15 Dec 1836- 17 Oct 1839, 19 Apr 1837-1839, Mar 1842 - Sep 1842)	Currency: Texas Dollar (TXSD)	National Holiday:  2 Mar (1836) Independence Day	Population: 70,000 (1836) 212,592 (1850)

1682                       Spanish colony (Coahuila-Texas), part of New Spain.
1691                       Province of Coahuila and Texas
c.1726                     Coahuila and Texas separated.
1822                       Province of Mexico.
14 Oct 1824                Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas.
15 Nov 1835                Texas ruled by Provisional Government.
 2 Mar 1836                Republic of Texas
19 Feb 1846                U.S. State

Governors
15 Nov 1835 - 11 Jan 1836  Henry Smith                         (b. 1788 - d. 1851)
11 Jan 1836 -  1 Mar 1836  James W. Robinson (acting)          (b. 1790 - d. 1857)
President of the Convention
 2 Mar 1836 - 16 Mar 1836  Richard Ellis                       (b. 1781 - d. 1846)
President of the ad-interim Government
16 Mar 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  David Gouverneur Burnet             (b. 1788 - d. 1870)
Presidents
22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838  Sam Houston (1st time)              (b. 1793 - d. 1863)
10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841  Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar           (b. 1798 - d. 1859)
13 Dec 1841 -  9 Dec 1844  Sam Houston (2nd time)              (s.a.)
 9 Dec 1844 - 19 Feb 1846  Anson Jones                         (b. 1798 - d. 1858)

Lieutenant governor
14 Nov 1835 - 11 Jan 1836  James W. Robinson                   (s.a.)
Vice Presidents
16 Mar 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de        (b. 1789 - d. 1836)
                             Zavala y Saenz (acting) 
22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838  Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar           (s.a.)
10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841  David Gouverneur Burnet             (s.a.)
13 Dec 1841 -  9 Dec 1844  Edward Burleson                     (b. 1798 - d. 1851)
 9 Dec 1844 -  3 Jul 1845  Kenneth Lewis Anderson              (b. 1805 - d. 1845)

Secretaries of State
14 Nov 1835 - 17 Mar 1836  Charles Bellinger Stewart           (b. 1806 - d. 1885)
17 Mar 1836 -  1 Apr 1836  Samuel Price Carson                 (b. 1798 - d. 1838)
29 Apr 1836 - 23 May 1836  James Collinsworth (acting)         (b. 1806 - d. 1838)
23 May 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  William Houston Jack                (b. 1806 - d. 1844)
22 Oct 1836 - 27 Dec 1836  Stephen Fuller Austin               (b. 1793 - d. 1836)
Dec 1836 - 1837            James Pinckney Henderson            (b. 1808 - d. 1858)
13 Jun 1837 - 10 Dec 1838  Robert Anderson Irion               (b. 1802 - d. 1861)
16 Dec 1838 -  6 Feb 1839  Barnard E. Bee                      (b. 1787 - d. 1853)
 6 Feb 1839 - 31 May 1839  James Webb (1st time)               (b. 1792 - d. 1856)
31 May 1839 - 1839         David Gouverneur Burnet (acting)    (s.a.)
                             (1st time)
1839 - 23 Jul 1839         James Webb (2nd time)               (s.a.)
23 Jul 1839 -  6 Aug 1839  Nathaniel C. Amory (acting)         (b. 1809 - d. 1864)
 6 Aug 1839 - 31 Jan 1840  David Gouverneur Burnet (acting)    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
31 Jan 1840 - 22 Jan 1841  Abner Smith Lipscomb                (b. 1789 - d. 1856)
23 Jan 1841 -  8 Feb 1841  Joseph Waples (1st time)            (b. 1798 - d. 1846)
 8 Feb 1841 - 30 Apr 1841  James S. Mayfield
30 Apr 1841 - 25 May 1841  Joseph Waples (2nd time)            (s.a.)
25 May 1841 - 1841         Samuel Alexander Roberts            (b. 1809 - d. 1872)
                             (acting to 7 Sep 1841) 
1841 - 13 Dec 1841         E. Laurence Stickney (acting)
13 Dec 1841 -  9 Dec 1844  Anson Jones                         (s.a.)
 9 Dec 1844 -  5 Feb 1845  Ebenezer Allen (1st time)           (b. 1804 - d. 1863)
 5 Feb 1845 - 31 Mar 1845  Ashbel Smith                        (b. 1805 - d. 1886)
31 Mar 1845 - 19 Feb 1846  Ebenezer Allen (2nd time)           (s.a.)

Secretaries of War
17 Mar 1836 - Apr 1836     Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1st time)    (b. 1803 - d. 1857)
Apr 1836 - Apr 1836        David Thomas (acting)               (b. c.1801 - d. 1836)
Apr 1836 - May 1836        Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall (acting) (b. 1788 - d. 1867)
 2 May 1836 - 12 May 1836  Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar           (s.a.)
1836                       Alexander Somervell                 (b. 1796 - d. 1854)
 8 Aug 1836 - 13 Sep 1836  Frederick A. Sawyer
1836 -  1 Oct 1836         John Austin Wharton                 (b. 1806 - d. 1838)
 1 Oct 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  Henry Percy Brewster (acting)       (b. 1816 - d. 1884)
22 Oct 1836 - Nov 1837     Thomas Jefferson Rusk (2nd time)    (s.a.)
Nov 1837 - 13 Nov 1838     Barnard E. Bee                      (s.a.)
13 Nov 1838 - 10 Dec 1838  George Washington Hockley           (b. 1802 - d. 1854)
10 Dec 1838 - 1840         Albert Sidney Johnston              (b. 1803 - d. 1862)
1840 - 23 Dec 1841         Branch Tanner Archer                (b. 1790 - d. 1856)
Secretaries of War and Marine
23 Dec 1841 -  2 Sep 1842  George Washington Hockley           (s.a.)
 2 Sep 1842 - 16 Jan 1843  Morgan Calvin Hamilton (1st time)   (b. 1809 - d. 1893)
                             (acting)
16 Jan 1843 -  9 Dec 1844  George Washington Hill              (b. 1814 - d. 1860)
 9 Dec 1844 - 1845         Morgan Calvin Hamilton (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1845 - 19 Feb 1846         William Gordon Cooke                (b. 1808 - d. 1847)

Secretaries of the Treasury
17 Mar 1836 - 1836         Bailey Hardeman                     (b. 1795 - d. 1836)
1836 - 22 Oct 1836         Barnard E. Bee                      (s.a.)
22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838  Henry Smith                         (b. 1788 - d. 1851)
14 Dec 1838 - 13 Mar 1839  Richard G. Dunlap                   (b. 1796 - d. 1841)
13 Mar 1839 - 25 Mar 1839  James Webb (acting)                 (b. 1792 - d. 1856)
25 Mar 1839 - 31 Aug 1840  James Harper Starr                  (b. 1809 - d. 1890)
1840 - Nov 1841            James Wright Simmons                (b. c.1790 - d. c.1858)
1841 - 13 Dec 1841         John Gordon Chalmers                (b. 1801 - d. 1847)
13 Dec 1841 -  5 Feb 1842  E. Lawrence Stickney (acting)
 5 Feb 1842 - 1843         William Henry Daingerfield          (b. 1808 - d. 1878)
1843 -  9 Dec 1844         James B. Miller                     (b. c.1801 - d. 1854)
 9 Dec 1844 - 1845         William Beck Ochiltree              (b. 1811 - d. 1867)
1845 - 19 Feb 1846         John Alexander Greer                (b. 1802 - d. 1855)

Secretaries of the Navy
17 Mar 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  Robert Potter                       (b. c.1800 - d. 1842)
28 Oct 1836 -  5 Dec 1837  Samuel Rhoads Fisher                (b. 1794 - d. 1839)
                             (suspended Oct-18 Oct 1837)
 5 Dec 1837 - 13 Dec 1838  William M. Shepherd (acting)
13 Dec 1838 - May 1839     Memucan Hunt                        (b. 1807 - d. 1856)
May 1839 - 13 Dec 1841     Louis P. Cooke                      (b. 1811 - d. 1849)

Commandant of the Marine Corps¹
(subordinated to Secretaries of the Navy)
13 Dec 1836 - 19 Feb 1846  Post not established

Attorneys General
17 Mar 1836 - Apr 1836     David Thomas                        (b. c.1801 - d. 1836)
 4 May 1836 - 14 May 1836  Peter William Grayson (1st time)    (b. 1788 - d. 1838)
Nov 1836 - Dec 1836        James Pinckney Henderson            (s.a.)
Feb 1837 - 15 Aug 1837     Peter William Grayson (2nd time)    (s.a.)
15 Aug 1837 - Dec 1838     John Birdsall                       (b. 1802 - d. 1839)
10 Dec 1838 - 18 Nov 1839  John Charles Watrous                (b. 1806 - d. 1874)
18 Nov 1839 - 20 Mar 1841  James Webb                          (s.a.)
10 May 1841 - 13 Dec 1841  Francis Asbury Morris               (b. 1817 - d. 1881)
13 Dec 1841 -  9 Dec 1844  George Whitfield Terrell            (b. 1803 - d. 1846)
 9 Dec 1844 - Jul 1845     Ebenezer Allen                      (s.a.)
Jul 1845 - 19 Feb 1846     William Beck Ochiltree              (s.a.)

Postmasters General
11 Dec 1835 - 22 Oct 1836  John Rice Jones, Jr. (1st time)     (b. 1792 - d. 1845)
22 Oct 1836 - 22 Dec 1836  Gustavus A. Parker                  (b. 1787 - d. 1845)
22 Dec 1836 - 11 Oct 1839  Robert Anderson Barr                (b. 1802 - d. 1839)
11 Oct 1839 - 14 Dec 1839  Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson     (b. 1820 - d. 1879)
                             (acting)
14 Dec 1839 - 13 Dec 1841  John Rice Jones, Jr. (2nd time)     (s.a.)

Commissioners of the General Land Office
14 Dec 1837 - Dec 1840     John Pettit Borden                  (b. 1812 - d. 1890)
Dec 1840 - Jan 1841        Henry Watson Raglin (interim)       (b. 1817 - d. 1882)
Jan 1841 - 19 Feb 1846     Thomas William Ward                 (b. 1807 - d. 1872)
 

Presidents of the Senate
 3 Oct 1836 - 19 Feb 1846  the Vice Presidents
Presidents Pro Tempore ("pro tem") of the Senate
 3 Oct 1836 - 22 Oct 1836  Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de        (s.a.)
                             Zavala y Saenz (acting) 
Nov 1836 - May 1837        Richard Ellis                       (s.a.)
May 1837 - 25 Sep 1837     Jesse Grimes                        (b. 1788 - d. 1866)
1837 - 1838?               Stephen Hendrickson Everitt         (b. 1806 - d. 1844)
1838 - Dec 1838            Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar           (s.a.)
Dec 1838 - Nov 1840        David Gouverneur Burnet             (s.a.)
1840 - 1841                Anson Jones                         (s.a.)
1841 - 1844                ....
Nov 1844 - Nov 1845        John Alexander Greer                (s.a.)
1845 - 19 Feb 1846         Kenneth Lewis Anderson              (s.a.)

Speakers of the House of Representatives
 3 Oct 1836 -  1 May 1837  Ira Ingram                          (b. 1788 - d. 1837) 
May 1837 -  1 Nov 1837     Branch Tanner Archer                (b. 1790 - d. 1856)
1838                       Joseph Rowe                         (b. 1802 - d. 1866)
1838 - 1839                John M. Hansford                    (b. c.1800 - d. 1844)
1840 - 1 Nov 1841          David Spangler Kaufman              (b. 1813 - d. 1851)
 1 Nov 1841 - 1842         Kenneth Lewis Anderson              (s.a.)
21 Nov 1842 - 1843         Nicholas Henry Darnell              (b. 1807 - d. 1885)
1843 - 1844                Richardson A. Scurry                (b. 1811 - d. 1862)
1844 - 19 Feb 1846         John M. Lewis

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court
16 Dec 1836 - 11 Jul 1838  James Collinsworth                  (b. 1806 - d. 1838) 
Jul 1838 - 12 Dec 1838     John Birdsall (pro tempore)         (b. 1802 - d. 1839)
                             (not confirmed)
13 Dec 1838 - 30 Jun 1840  Thomas Jefferson Rusk               (b. 1803 - d. 1857)
 5 Dec 1840 - 19 Feb 1846  John Hemphill                       (b. 1803 - d. 1862)

  ¹the Marine Corps of the Texas Republic was established 13 Dec 1836, but no post of Commandant of the Texas Republic Marine Corps was ever established. Marines were under the direction of the Navy Department and served under their own officers aboard ship and ashore but were subject to the orders of the senior naval officer present.