James Sanders Holman

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James Sanders Holman (7 February 1804–8 December 1867) served as the first mayor of Houston, Texas from August to December 1837.

Holman was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, and moved with his family to San Augustine, Texas in 1834. He participated in the Texan Revolution, and fought in the Siege of Bexar. He co-founded the city of Houston in 1836.

During the American Civil War, he served on the Texas State Military Board from 1864 to 1865. After the war, he supervised construction of the Houston and Texas Central Railway, until succumbing to yellow fever in Bryan, Texas.

References

Texas Handbook Online

Preceded by None	Mayor of Houston, Texas 1837	Succeeded by Francis W. Moore, Jr.

Mayors of Houston

Holman
Moore
Lively
Bigelow
Andrews
Moore
Baldwin
Swain
Bailey
Buckner
Moore
Fuller
Stevens
Ennis
McGowan
King
Whitmarsh
Hutchins
House
Anders
Taylor
McGowan
Morris
Scanlan
Wilson
Lord
Wilson
Burke
Baker
Smith
Scherffius
Browne
Rice
Brashear
Woolford
Holt
Jackson
Rice
Campbell
Pastoriza
Hutcheson
Amerman
Holcombe
Monteith
Holcombe
Fonville
Holcombe
Pickett
Massey
Holcombe
R. Hofheinz
Holcombe
Cutrer
Welch
F. Hofheinz
McConn
Whitmire
Lanier
Brown
White
Parker

Persondata
Name	Holman, James Sanders
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1804
Place of birth
Date of death	1867
Place of death

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