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First election in Texas
On this day in 1731, Capt. Juan Antonio Pérez de Almazán, the commander of
San Antonio de Béxar Presidio, presided over what was probably the first
election in Texas history. In March he had welcomed a group of settlers
from the Canary Islands by laying out a place for their homes and by
establishing a municipal government. The immigrants formed the nucleus of
the villa of San Fernando de Béxar, the first regularly organized civil
government in Texas. On August 1 the new city council met to elect
alcaldes, and electoral politics was off and running.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- PEREZ DE ALMAZAN, JUAN ANTONIO
- CANARY ISLANDERS
- SAN FERNANDO DE BEXAR
- SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
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- Gunman opens fire on students at UT (1966)
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