Neither was Sam Houston. Yet among the people that Tocqueville met on his travels in America, no one impressed him more except maybe John Quincy Adams. No doubt in my mind that if Sam Houston had been elected President in 1852/1856 that civili war would have been averted.
No doubt in my mind that if Sam Houston had been elected President in 1852/1856 that civili war would have been averted.
You’re probably right.