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1887.]
ERA OF THE STATE.
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prohibiting the sale of ;
intoxicating liquors in
T Dexas. After oneof the
mbeost exciting cam- i i
paigns inhe th e istory of
the State, the amend-e o ia
ment was defeated, Au-
gust, 188t , by a ma-
jority of over 90,000 .
Election of Senator.
-I rn f 18 C87 Joh n H. Rea-
gan, of Palestine, was
elected b . S. senator.* JOHN H REAnor he
Drought.-The summer of 1887 will long be remem-
bered on account of the terrible drought that afflicted
campaign he rescued from the savages a young girl, whose parents were never
discovered; the child was caged Lizzie Ross, and was edu cated and cared for by
the gall ant young soldier . Refusing the military positions offered him, he re-
turned to the Tniversity, where he graduated with honor. ie afterward won
widespread fame by t he defeat of the Comanches aeand the capture of c ynthia
Ann Parker. He entered the Civil War as a private, but was rapidly promoted
until, at twenty-five, he was a brigadier-general, the youngest in the army. He
was in 135 battles and had five horses shot under him. In 1875 he was a mem-
ber of the Constitutional Convention. In 1881, he was in the State Senate, and
was chairman of the Committee on Finance. He had often been solicited to
become a candidate for governor, but always refused until 1886, when he was
nominated and elected by a handsome majority. As governor he won great
popularity among the people, and proved himself so worthy of their trust that
he was re lected by an overwhelming vote. In the Republican county of Oomal,
only six votes were cast against him. In 1891, General Ross became president
of the Agricultural and Mfechanical College. In 1895 Governor Culberson asked
him to accept a place on the Railroad Commission, but the friends and patrons
of the College protested so strongly against his acceptance that he declined.
* John HI. Reagan was born in Tennessee, October 8, 1818. From his earliest
recollection he loved books and longed for a thorough education. He was specially
fond of reading history and poetry; he says nothing aroused his ambition more
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/317/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.