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In 1829, Sam Houston married Eliza Allen, a woman 16 years his junior. She proceeded to leave him with little explanation almost immediately, and afterwards Houston resigned his governorship of Tennessee. What exactly happened here?

by /u/Africa_versus_NASA in /r/AskHistorians

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