Before Texas joined the Union. he served as the first President of the Republic of Texas and. after. as Governor. He was a staunch defender of the Union. but his efforts to keep Texas from seceding prior to the Civil War failed. and he was removed as Governor when he refused to take Texas out of the Union after the vote to secede. Stonewall Jackson was a descendent of ScotchIrish immigrants from County Armagh. Davy Crockett was ScotchIrish. Cyrus McCormick. inventor of the mechanical reaper. was given the French Legion of Honour by Napoleon. who described McCormick as "having done more for the cause of agriculture than any other living man." A successful businessman. active Democrat. and Presbyterian. he founded the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. The Mellon family emigrated to Pennsylvania from County Tyrone in 1818. Thomas Mellon. a young boy at the time. became a successful lawyer. banker. and businessman in Pittsburgh. He founded what became the Mellon Bank. and was instrumental in the growth and development of Pittsburgh.
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