Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by JoeBob
So, of those men there, which one was technically never even a resident of Texas?


Sounds like a trick question.

But it does bring up another point.

According to their Constitution one couldn't even THINK about running to be the President of the Republic of Texas if you weren't already a resident.....


.....for at least two years.


Kept all those upstart immigrants at bay.


But to answer your question I would guess Austin. I'm not sure he was ever present at the Convention, and I'm thinking may have actually died in New Orleans while on a diplomatic mission, hence may not have set foot in Texas since independence was declared on March 3rd of that year. [Nope, Austin was back in Texas by August, ran for President but Houston won in a landslide.]


Birdwatcher


Samuel Price Carson. Upon formalization of the boundaries his home was actually in Miller County, Arkansas.

Arkansas actually claimed most of what would become Bowie, Cass, Fannin and several other counties a Miller County, Arkansas. The area was in dispute all the way up until Texas entered the union as a state. At one point Arkansas even made it a misdemeanor for its citizens to hold elected office in both Arkansas and the Republic of Texas.

But in any case Carson's home was still in Arkansas even after the boundaries were formalized and it can be said that he never actually was a resident of Texas.