Was the only president to be inaugurated in the city of houston, which he hated for the name alone. Sam houston was the only president to be inaugurated in austin, a city he fought against. Only political rivals, but personal enemies who hated each other. Between the first rumblings of independence in 1835 and the spring of 1837, the seats of government of the republic of texas shifted several times. They started incidentally be with a convention in 1835. In 1830 six they signed the declaration of independence in the town of washington. Subsequently, the alamo fell. Everybody fled east, including the government. The government ended up in a town called harrisburg and what is now the city of houston. They do not stay there long before being forced to leave by santa ana and the mexican army as well. They escaped down to galveston island, which is where they were when sam houston won the battle of san vicente. It took five days to find enough wood to fire up the steam ship. Was they did t