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In 1860 most Houstonians supported John C Breckinridge an independent Democratic candidate for president However he lost the election to Abraham Lincoln As the Civil War began there was tension between supporters of the Confederacy and the few Union sympathizers the Chamber of Commerce kept the city together during the conflict Galveston was blockaded on October 4 1862 which in turn soured Houston's economy on January 1 1863 John B Magruder's Confederate forces recaptured the city However the war was won by the Union forces in 1865 Texas was governed under a military command during Reconstruction but Federal forces could not control the anarchy and lawlessness that broke out after the war Civilians settled old grudges and several counties were essentially without civilian government. . . Secrecy and disinformation 147 Garnet Coleman Democratic 1990 Downtown Houston inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly west of I-45) Eastern Montrose Midtown Third Ward.

County services The current Houston Chronicle headquarters formerly the Houston Post headquarters In the 16th century perhaps 240,000 Europeans entered American ports. By the late 16th century gold and silver imports from America provided one-fifth of Spain's total budget. As of 2004 the state had 3.5 million foreign-born residents (15.6 percent of the state population) of which an estimated 1.2 million are illegal immigrants Texas from 2000 to 2006 had the fastest growing illegal immigration rate in the nation in 2010 illegal immigrants constituted an estimated 6.0 percent of the population This was the fifth highest percentage of any state in the country in 2015 the population of illegal immigrants living in Texas was around 800,000. 1.2 Design and construction The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876 Like many states it explicitly provides for a separation of powers the state's Bill of Rights is much larger than its federal counterpart and has provisions unique to Texas. ! ! Houston panorama c 1910 In 2001 U2 filmed the music video for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" inside the Astrodome.