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This Day in Texas History: Texas Adopts Constitution

February 15, 2013

This Day in Texas History: (from the Texas State Historical Association archives) Texas Adopts Constitution February 15, 1876 On this day in 1876, citizens of Texas adopted the Constitution of 1876. They ratified it by a vote of 136,606 to 56,652. The document is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since declaring independence from…
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This day in Texas History: “Know-Nothings” Abandon Secrecy, Meet in Austin

January 21, 2013

This day in Texas History: (from the Texas State Historical Association archives) “Know-Nothings” Abandon Secrecy, Meet in Austin January 21, 1856 On this day in 1856, the American or Know-Nothing party of Texas met for the first time in open convention in Austin. The party was the political manifestation of the xenophobic, anti-Catholic secret society known as the American…
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