James Pinckney Henderson

Henderson led the Second Texas Regiment at Monterrey and served as a commissioner for the city's surrender, the Handbook of Texas says. He held the temporary rank of major general of Texas volunteers in United States service from July to October 1846. He had been elected governor in November 1845, took office that February and declined a second term. After returning to private law practice in 1847, he was elected by the legislature to succeed Thomas J. Rusk in the United States Senate, serving from November 9, 1857, until his death on June 4, 1858.

What the plaque says

James Pinckney Henderson [front] HENDERSON [back] Born in North Carolina March 31 1808 * Arrived in Texas June 3, 1836 at the head of a company of volunteers * Attorney General of the Republic 1836 * Secretary of State 1836-1837 * Minister to England and France 1837-1839 * Special Minister to the United States 1844 * First Governor of the State of Texas 1846-1847 * Major General in command of Texas Forces in the Mexican War 1846-1847 receiving a vote of thanks and sword from the US Congress for gallantry * United States Senator from Texas 1857-1858 * Died in Washington D.C. June 4 1858 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 With funds appropriated by the Federal Government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence

Where it stands

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