Hardin Richard Runnels
Hardin Richard Runnels was a U.S. political figure. Runnels served as the sixth Governor of Texas, for only one term, but notably was the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest.
Runnels was born to Hardin D. and Martha Patsy Burch Runnels on August 30, 1820 in Mississippi. His father died in 1842 and his mother moved the family to Texas the same year. There Runnels established a cotton plantation in Bowie County along the Red River.
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