Samuel Rhoads Fisher
Texan politician
About Samuel Rhoads Fisher
Lived 1794 – 1839 (aged 44–45).
Samuel Rhoads Fisher was the secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas.
He was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1794, and settled in Texas in 1830 with his wife and four children in the Matagorda area. He represented Matagorda Municipality in the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. President Sam Houston nominated Fisher as Secretary of the Texas Navy and the appointment was confirmed by the Senate on October 28, 1836.
Fisher was buried at Matagorda, Texas. Fisher County, established in 1876, was named after him.
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Who was Samuel Rhoads Fisher?
Texan politician
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Samuel Rhoads Fisher was born in 1794.
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Samuel Rhoads Fisher died in 1839.
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