Bill Text: TX HCR129 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Expressing support for the creation of the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Signed by the Governor [HCR129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR129-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 129 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Presidential libraries serve a vital purpose by | ||
| advancing knowledge of individuals who helped to shape this nation; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Combining the functions of archives, museums, and | ||
| academic institutions, presidential libraries house artifacts and | ||
| documents while offering a public place for the study and | ||
| discussion of a president's policies and place in history; Sam | ||
| Houston, the first and third president of the Republic of Texas, is | ||
| an especially apt subject for such a library; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A veteran of the War of 1812, Sam Houston served in | ||
| Tennessee as attorney general of the District of Nashville, as | ||
| major general of the state militia, as United States | ||
| representative, and ultimately, as governor; after settling in | ||
| Texas, he was a signatory to the Texas Declaration of Independence; | ||
| he led the army of Texas as major general and defeated the Mexican | ||
| army in the Battle of San Jacinto; this hero of independence was | ||
| elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836, and | ||
| he represented San Augustine in the Congress of the Republic of | ||
| Texas before serving a second term as president; from 1846 to 1859, | ||
| he was a United States senator, and he won election as governor of | ||
| Texas in 1859; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The campus of Sam Houston State University in | ||
| Huntsville is already home to the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, | ||
| which has many of the attributes of a successful presidential | ||
| library, including exhibition and conference space, a theater, and | ||
| a collection of some 12,000 Houston artifacts, such as manuscripts, | ||
| books, and furnishings related to his life and times, and two of | ||
| Houston's homes are located on the grounds; the development of a | ||
| presidential library with dedicated research space would attract | ||
| further donations of academic papers and other important materials | ||
| regarding Mr. Houston; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Establishing a presidential library for Sam Houston | ||
| at Sam Houston State University, whose motto is "The Measure of a | ||
| Life Is Its Service," would greatly enhance scholarly knowledge and | ||
| heighten public awareness of his enormous contributions to the | ||
| founding of the Republic of Texas and of the Lone Star State; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby express support for the creation of the Sam Houston Republic | ||
| of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University. | ||
| Bailes | ||
| Oliverson | ||
| Metcalf | ||
| Shine | ||
| Faircloth | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 129 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 129 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
