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The Convention of 1836 in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 attracted 45 delegates representing 21 municipalities. Within an hour of the convention's opening George C Childress submitted a proposed Texas Declaration of Independence which passed overwhelmingly on March 2 on March 6 hours after the Alamo had fallen Travis's final dispatch arrived His distress was evident; delegate Robert Potter immediately moved that the convention be adjourned and all delegates join the army. Houston convinced the delegates to remain and then left to take charge of the army With the backing of the Convention Houston was now commander-in-chief of all regular volunteer and militia forces in Texas. Blues music developed throughout the Southern United States where several areas developed distinctive regional sounds Houston's distinctive sound grew in the 1920 with early influencers like Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker the sound matured over the next 50 years during which it became known as Texas blues the style would gain international notoriety in the modern era when it was adopted by popular regional rockers Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top among others, 3 Culture By the early 20th century the Democratic Party in Texas started using a "white primary." Restricting the Democratic primary to white voters was another way of closing minorities out of politics as the primary was the only competitive contest for office in the one-party state by 1906 the number of black voters had dropped from more than 100,000 in the 1890s to 5,000 the state also passed a law for white primaries in 1896 86.6% of all voters in Texas voted in the presidential election; following disenfranchisement voter turnout in 1904 was 29.2% and in 1920 was 21.6%. ; Infrastructure 336 Calpine General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte 20 October 1944 Voter turnout (voting age population). 1 Geography Surrender of the Axis armies, Aldine ISD Three community college districts have campuses in and around Houston the Houston Community College System (HCC) serves most of Houston proper; its main campus and headquarters are located in Midtown Suburban northern and western parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of Houston is served by San Jacinto College and a northeastern portion is served by Lee College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are among the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States, 11 Transportation The Spanish flag of Burgundy. Benzene - cancer A few professional sports teams are located in East Texas the East Texas Pump Jacks located in Kilgore play baseball in the Texas Collegiate League Additionally the East Texas Storm a semiprofessional football team located in Tyler competes in the Lone Star Minor League. Typically northern parts of East Texas tend to support the professional teams from the Dallas/Fort Worth area (Dallas Cowboys Dallas Mavericks Texas Rangers Dallas Stars) while southern parts of East Texas tend to support professional teams from the Houston area (Houston Texans Houston Rockets Houston Astros). Petty bickering between Smith and the Council members increased dramatically and on January 9 1836 Smith threatened to dismiss the Council unless they agreed to revoke their approval of the Matamoros Expedition. Two days later the Council voted to impeach Smith and named James W Robinson the Acting Governor it was unclear whether either side actually had the authority to dismiss the other by this point Texas was essentially in anarchy, (24.8) 72.8 7 External links, Racial and ethnic demographics 1980 2,409,547 38.3%!

! ; Houston Texas Business Directory, 2.1 Rivers Houston Texas Business Directory, (136) 7.08 In 2000 of the 1,205,516 households 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them 50.6% were married couples living together 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.8% were not families About 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.38. . The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the U.H System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston After five years 80.5% of graduates are still living and working in the region. .