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Texas History - Hardin R. Runnels

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The 6th Governor of Texas was Hardin R. Runnels.
Accomplishments: Indian trouble, the border raids of Juan Cortina, and sectional factionalism were probable factors which helped Houston defeat Runnels in 1859.
He was born on August 30, 1820 in Mississippi and died in 1873.