State Profile for Texas

Added to Union: December 29, 1845 (28th State)	State Official Bird: Mockingbird
Capital: Austin	State Official Flower: Bluebonnet
State Website: http://www.state.tx.us/	State Official Tree: Pecan

Historical Figures from Texas

• Richard Cheney
  
• Tom Campbell Clark
  
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
  
• John Garner
  
• Lyndon Johnson
  

Historical Sites in Texas

• Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, Denison
  
• George Bush Library, College Station
  
• Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin
  
• Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Johnson City
  

There are 4 sites in Texas

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Future President John Adams successfully defended the British soldiers who were charged with murder following the Boston Massacre.

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