Historical Marker
Site of the Home of Thomas J. Rusk
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1936
Rusk called Nacogdoches home from 1835 until his death. After resigning as chief justice of the Republic's Supreme Court in June 1840, he formed a law partnership with J. Pinckney Henderson in February 1841, which the Handbook of Texas calls the most famous law firm in Texas then. In 1842 he defended ten men accused in the murder of Robert Potter, winning bail and a dismissal before the 1843 trial. He was vice president of Nacogdoches University in 1845 and president in 1846. Much of the Stephen F. Austin campus later stood on his homestead.
What the plaque says
Site of the Home of Thomas J. Rusk 1803 1857 Soldier-Statesman of the Republic of Texas. A hero of San Jacinto. Commander in Chief of the Army 1836. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1839. President of the Constitutional Convention, 1845. United States Senator, 1846. He called Nacogdoches his home from 1835 to 1857. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
31.61865, -94.65280 · Directions
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