Pendleton Murrah
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Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865) was a governor of Texas during the American Civil War.
A native of South Carolina, Murrah graduated from Brown University in 1848. He moved to Texas and opened a law practice in Marshall. He ran and was defeated for the U.S. Congress before winning the state gubernatorial race in 1863.
Murrah fled to Mexico in May of 1865, after the end of the American Civil War. The trip was too much for his already fragile health and he died a few days later. He is the only Texas governor whose burial place is unknown.
External links
- Handbook of Texas (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/MM/fmu15.html)
| Preceded by: Francis Lubbock | Governor of Texas 1863–1865 | Succeeded by: Fletcher Stockdale
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