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Er, sorry, Greg, but you'll have to leave Texas out of that equation. Texas was an independent Republic at the time of its annexation to the United States, and sought statehood on its own. (Nor would it be correct or fair to use the names of Houston, Travis, Crockett and the like as being the movers and shakers behind Texas' war for independence from Mexico. Most of the men who died defending the Alamo had surnames of Fuentes, Gierro, Barziza, etc.)

Sarah