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WRITINCS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, City of Austin, January 18, 1842. To the Honorable, the Senate: I have to request of your Honorable Body the withdrawal of the nomination of Ammon Underwood;:! and in lieu thereof, I would respectfully submit for your advice and consent, the nomination of J. W. Brooks,3 as Notary Public for the County of Brazoria, vice R. M. Forbes, 4 elected Representative in Congress. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Sec1·et Journals of the Se,uite, Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, p. 217. 2 Ammon Underwood. See Houston to the Texas Senate, January 15, 1842. 8 Houston's nomination of J. W. Brooks as Notary Public for Brazoria was confirmed by the Senate on January 18, 1842. See Sec.ret Jounials of the Senate, p. 217 4 Robert M. Forbes held the position of Notary Public at Brazoria from January 22, 1841 when he was first appointed by David G. Burnet, to December 11, 1844, when Houston reappointed him to the same office, just before the expiration of his second term as President of the Republic of Texas. See Secret Jom-nals of the Senate, pp. 195, 306, 307.
To THE TEXAS CONGRESS 1
Executive Department, City of Austin, January 19, 1842. To the Honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives: I have the honor to lay before the Congress, the resignation of the Honorable John M. Hansford,2 as Judge of the Seventh Judicial District, of the Republic, this day received and accepted. Sam Houston. iExecutive Record Book, No. 40, p. 21, Texas State Library. 2John M. Hansford came to Texas in 1837, and settled near Jonesville, now in Harrison County, but then in Shelby County. Soon after coming to Texas he entered politics, and served in the Third Congress of the Republic as a member from Shelby County. In 1838 he was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, and on January 31, 1840, was appointed Judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Texas. He served in that office till Jan- uary 19, 1842, at which time he tendered his resignation. The "Moderator and Regulator War" was at its height during this period, and Judge Hans- ford found himself unable to remain entirely clear of participation in the interests of the warring factions; in fact, at one time he was compelled to abandon his court because of the strength of the assembled mob; and for his failure to do the bidding of the majority element, articles of impeachment were preferred against him; so to solve all difficulties he resigned his office.
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