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Philip Sublett nominates Sam Houston for president of the Republic of Texas
On this day in 1836, Philip Sublett nominated Sam Houston for president of
the Republic of Texas. Sublett, a Kentucky native, had participated in the
battle of Nacogdoches in 1832 and was a delegate to the conventions of
1832 and 1833. In 1835 he was elected chairman of the San Augustine
Committee of Safety and Correspondence. On October 6 he submitted a
resolution appointing Houston commander-in-chief of the forces of San
Augustine and Nacogdoches until the Consultation should meet. Sublett was
commissioned lieutenant colonel in October and in December 1835 was
present at the siege of Bexar. He returned to his farm east of San
Augustine after the battle of Concepción. Sam Houston resided in Sublett's
home while recuperating from wounds received at San Jacinto. Sublett died
in San Augustine on February 25, 1850.
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- REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
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- NACOGDOCHES, BATTLE OF
- CONVENTION OF 1832
- CONVENTION OF 1833
- BEXAR, SIEGE OF
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