Identified with Texas: The Lives of Governor Elisha Marshall Pease and Lucadia Niles Pease

Published: March, 2022  Pages: 432  Features: 15 b&w illus. Notes. Bib. Index.

Identified with Texas is the first published biography of Texas Governor Elisha Marshall Pease (1812-1883), presented by historian Elizabeth Whitlow as a dual biography of Pease and his wife, Lucadia Niles Pease (1813-1905). Pease volunteered to fight in the first battle of the Revolution at Gonzales, and he served with the Texan Army at the Siege of Bexar. Pease served in the first three state legislatures after Texas joined the Union in 1845, was elected governor in 1853 and re-elected in 1855, and returned to the governorship as an interim appointee from 1867 to 1869 during Reconstruction. His achievements in all these positions were substantial. more... about Identified with Texas: The Lives of Governor Elisha Marshall Pease and Lucadia Niles Pease