The Republic of Texas was annexed into the United States and admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time House minority leader, and a 24-term congressman, representing Texas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1961. He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving for over 17 years.
Willie Person Mangum was an American politician and planter who served as U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for president in 1836 as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country.
Thomas Walker Gilmer was an American statesman. He served in several political positions in Virginia, including election as the 28th Governor of Virginia. Gilmer's final political office was as the 15th Secretary of the Navy, but he died in an accident ten days after assuming that position.
The University of Texas at Tyler is a public research university in Tyler, Texas. Founded in 1971, it is a part of the University of Texas System.
Lucien Norbert Nedzi is an American attorney and politician from Michigan from the Democratic Party who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1981.
William Henry Dieterich was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Illinois. He was a state legislator, U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator
David Gardiner Tyler was an American politician and the ninth child and fourth son of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States.
Thomas Augustus Pickett, was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States representative representing Texas's 7th congressional district from 1945 to 1952.
Byron Milton Tunnell was a state representative from 1957 to 1965, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1965, and a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 1965 to 1973.
Neil Oliver Staebler was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Samuel Bronson Cooper was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
John Tyler was an American politician who served as the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming office. Tyler was a stalwart supporter and advocate of states' rights, including regarding slavery, and he adopted nationalistic policies as president only when they did not infringe on the states' powers. His unexpected rise to the presidency posed a threat to the presidential ambitions of Henry Clay and other Whig politicians and left Tyler estranged from both of the nation's major political parties at the time.
Events from the year 1843 in the United States.
John Robert Moolenaar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008 and the Michigan Senate from 2011 to 2014.
David Lee Spiller is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 68th district. He was elected in a March 9, 2021 special election.
Nathaniel Quentin Moran is an American politician and attorney who has served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 1st congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Tyler, Texas city council from the 5th district and as the county judge of Smith County, Texas.
Willie Lee Dorothy Campbell Glass was an African-American academic, consultant, and educator. She was the youngest graduate and first black woman to receive a master’s degree in home economics at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now known as Iowa State University. The city of Tyler, Texas, named a day in her honor.
Kenneth Williams Kohler was an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1963. He is notable for being the first Republican from the Panhandle elected to the Texas Legislature.
