Revolution/Republic Timeline By facebooker_10220726297541614 1836 Fall of the Alamo 1836 Sam Houston, Henry Smith, and Stephen F Austin run for president in Texas 1836 Sam Houston is elected president Mar 1, 1836 Texan delegates declared independance Mar 2, 1836 David Burnet and Lorenzo de Zavala are selected as interim president and vice president 1837 US recognizes Texas 1844 Texas and the US government sign a treaty of annexation but it was rejected by the US senate 1845 Joint resolution of congress secured the annexation of Texas