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Who was the commander of the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna and forced A. Anson Jones B. George Childress C. Stephen F. Austin D. Sam Houston

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Sam Houston

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General Sam Houston led the Texian Army unit that engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a battle that barely lasted for eighteen minutes. Houston, was known by many to be an American soldier and politician, who served as the first and third president of the republic of Texas. He led certain revolutions in the area and later emerged as one of the first two people to be elected by the inhabitants of Texas to represent them in the senate.

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