Leo Honeycutt, the former governor's biographer confirmed his passing and said the cause of death was due to respiratory issues early Monday morning at home.
Republican lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate met Sunday night to implement new restrictive voting laws in an sweeping effort to suppress minority voting.
On July 9, 1868 the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the U. S,” including slaves.
Donald Trump came in 41st place out of 44 presidents ranked best to worst. The former POTUS was ranked in a C-SPAN survey of 142 historians and professors.