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. Main article: Sports in Houston 144 Mary Ann Perez Democratic 2016 Southern Pasadena far southeast Houston 1.1 Golden Triangle. ! .

Great Depression Further information: Pre-Columbian Mexico, On February 28 1845 the U.S Congress narrowly passed a bill that authorized the United States to annex the Republic of Texas if it so voted the legislation set the date for annexation for December 29 of the same year on October 13 of the same year a majority of voters in Texas approved a proposed constitution that specifically endorsed slavery and the slave trade This constitution was later accepted by the U.S Congress making Texas a U.S state on the same day annexation took effect (therefore bypassing a territorial phase). Cycling 137 Gene Wu Democratic 2013 Southwest Houston (including Sharpstown and Gulfton) Since 1980 most Texas voters have supported Republican presidential candidates in 2000 and 2004 Republican George W Bush won Texas with respectively 59.3 and 60.1 percent of the vote partly due to his "favorite son" status as a former governor of the state John McCain won the state in 2008 but with a smaller margin of victory compared to Bush at 55 percent of the vote Austin Dallas Houston and San Antonio consistently lean Democratic in both local and statewide elections. In 1900 after Galveston was struck by a devastating hurricane efforts to make Houston into a viable deep-water port were accelerated the following year the discovery of oil at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont prompted the development of the Texas petroleum industry in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt approved a $1 million improvement project for the Houston Ship Channel by 1910 the city's population had reached 78,800 almost doubling from a decade before African Americans formed a large part of the city's population numbering 23,929 people which was nearly one-third of Houston's residents, In the 1620s and 1630s the Dutch West India Company established many trade posts or colonies the Spanish silver fleet which carried silver from Spanish colonies to Spain were seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 in 1629 Suriname and Guyana were established.[clarification needed] in 1630 the West India Company conquered part of Brazil and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad present-day Recife) was founded; U.S Navy SBD-5 scout plane flying patrol over USS Washington and USS Lexington during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 1943! 150 Valoree Swanson Republican 2016 North Harris County (including Spring and Klein), Venues across Houston regularly host local and touring rock blues country dubstep and Tejano musical acts While Houston has never been widely known for its music scene Houston hip-hop has become a significant independent music scene that is influential nationwide Houston is the birthplace of the chopped and screwed remixing-technique in Hip-hop which was pioneered by DJ Screw from the city Other notable Hip-hop artists in the area include Geto Boys Chamillionaire Travis Scott & Megan Thee Stallion, The Comanche agreed to a peace treaty in 1785 the Comanche were willing to fight the enemies of their new friends and soon attacked the Karankawa Over the next several years the Comanche killed many of the Karankawa in the area and drove the others into Mexico.