@ericrescue @HarrySteinDC Yup, ran out as governor when he refused to pledge the Confederate oath. Click through the link for the bio.

@leftlane @jeffr0 If y’all haven’t, please do mark it as spam. @akismet would love to chomp on that.

@stevegrunwell @topher1kenobe TX history did help me figure it out right: THE Sam Houston—1st President—resigned as gov when state votes to secede. If HE thought it bad…

@stevegrunwell @topher1kenobe Absolutely! I didn’t really understand why the civil war was a big deal when in school. But Santa Anna vs the Alamo, how much time you have?

@stevegrunwell @topher1kenobe But there are still a lot of Confederate memorials around Texas (not even the deep south!) so I imagine a lot of schools framed it poorly.

@stevegrunwell @topher1kenobe To be honest, I can’t recall much of my Texan education on the civil war. We spent a lot more time on the Texas Independence effort.