How many men signed the Texas Declaration of Independence? And where were they from?
Fifty-nine delegates signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. They were a diverse collection of both extraordinary and very ordinary people, who for a variety of reasons played a pivotal role in the history of the country. They had come from a total of five foreign countries (Mexico, Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland) and twelve different states. Only two, Jose Francisco Ruiz and Jose Antonio Navarro, were “native Texans;” the rest were relative newcomers. While ten of the delegates had been in Texas more than six years prior to 1836, fifteen had come in 1835. They were also relatively young men; forty of the fifty-nine were under forty years of age.
