JUAN SEGUIN 1806 1890 TEXAS PATRIOT SEGUIN JUAN 1806 1890 NATIONAL DEFENSE WEST AMERICAN CULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION JUAN SEGUIN WAS BORN TO AN IMPORTANT SAN ANTONIO FAMILY HE BECAME A WELL KNOW TEJANO POLITICIAN DURING THE TEXAS REVOLUTION SEGUIN SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE TEXAS CAVALRY HE HELPED DRIVE THE MEXICAN ARMY OUT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1835 WHILE THE MEXICAN ARMY SURROUNDED THE ALAMO IN 1836 WILLIAM TRAVIS SENT SEGUIN ON A DARING MISSION FOR REINFORCEMENTS AS MILITARY LEADER OF SAN ANTONIO SEGUIN SUPERVISED THE BURIAL OF THE ALAMO'S CASUALTIES HE ALSO LEAD A CAVALRY TROOP OVER MEXICAN FORCES AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO SEGUIN REMAINED IN POLITICS AFTER THE WAR FIRST AS A SENATOR IN SAN ANTONIO FROM 1838 TO 1840 AND THEN AS THAT CITY'S MAYOR FROM 1841 TO EARLY IN 1842 DESPITE HIS SERVICE SEGUIN FACED HARSH CRITICISM FROM SOME TEXANS FOR HIS ATTEMPTS TO KEEP THE PEACE BETWEEN ANGLOS AND TEJANOS IN 1842 HE LEFT THE TEXAS REPUBLIC AND MOVED TO MEXICO WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A CHOICE OF JOINING THE MEXICAN ARMY OR A MEXICAN JAIL HE CHOSE THE MILITARY AND FOUGHT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES IN THE MEXICAN WAR HE RETURNED TO TEXAS AND TO POLITICS IN 1848 HOLDING HIS LAST OFFICE AS A COUNTY JUDGE IN 1869
