Credential of Senator Sam Houston of Texas, 30th Congress

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Executive Office
State of Texas

I the undersigned Governor of the State aforesaid do certify that as an Election by joint ballot of both Houses of the Legislation of said State held on the fifteenth day of December, 1847. Sam Houston was elected a Senator to represent the State of Texas in the Congress of the United States for the term of six years – from the 4th of March 1847 –

In Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed –
[Seal of the State of Texas on the left hand side]

Done at Austin this fifteenth day of December A.D
One thousand Eight hundred and forty Seven.

By the Governor J Pinckney Henderson

David G. Burnet
Secretary of State

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This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.

National Archives Identifier: 306205

Full Citation: Credential of Senator Sam Houston of Texas, 30th Congress; 12/15/1847; Credentials, 1789 – 1998; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/credential-sam-houston/, April 3, 2026]

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