American Civil War
• Lincoln becomes
President – Most votes
– Abraham Lincoln –
Republican
– Stephen A. Douglas –
Democrat (North)
– John C. Breckinridge –
Democrat (South)
• Tried to win nomination of the Constitutional
Union Party
– Was NOT nominated
• Texans voted for:
–Breckinridge – 47,548
–Bell – 15,463
–Douglas – 410
–Lincoln - 0
• John Bell – Constitutional Union
Party
• Keep the Union together
South Carolina secedes
“The Union Is Dissolved”
• The first states to
secede form The
Confederate States of
America
• Most Texans want to
join
– Not Governor Sam
Houston
– He tried to keep Texas
from seceding
http://civilwardailygazette.com/2011/01/26/louisiana-leaves-the-union/
• Delegates of the Convention voted 166 to 8
for secession
• Texans voted 46,129 to 14,697
• Changed the Constitution of 1845
• From “United States of America”
to “Confederate States of
America”
• Defended state’s rights and
slavery
• Freeing slaves was illegal
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/civilwar/07_RogerQMillsLetter.html
• 7th state to
Secede
• March 2, 1861
"The Hercules of
Union Slaying the
Great Dragon of
Secession," 1861
(Library of
Congress)
http://backs
toryradio.or
g/three-civilwarspecials/
http://www.dipity.com/brenthudson1/civil-war_1/
• He would rather Texas have declared
independence
• Secession Convention – all officials must take
an oath of office to the Confederacy
– Houston refused
– Loses governorship
• Lincoln offers Union troops to Houston – help
keep Texas from seceding
– Houston refused
• Lived out his remaining years in Huntsville
• Died July 26, 1863
http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/samhouston/HouHo.html