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About David G. Burnet
David Gouverneur Burnet was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as the interim president of Texas in 1836, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas (1839–1841), and the secretary of state (1846) for the new state of Texas after it was annexed to the United States. Burnet was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended law school in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a young man, he lived with a Comanche tribe for two years before he returned to Ohio.
Everything about David G. Burnet →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Secretary of State of Texas, President of the Republic of Texas, Secretary of State of Texas
- Citizenship
- United States, Republic of Texas
- Born
- April 14, 1788, April 4, 1788
- Died
- December 5, 1870, December 7, 1870