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Rosser Coke Newton, Sr.

Rosser Coke Newton, Sr.

Rosser Coke Newton, Sr. is a prominent businessman and an indirect descendent of Richard Coke. An avid collector of Texas memorabilia, Newton is a trustee for the Dallas Historical Society and a co-founder and co-chair of the Alamo Letter Society. He is the author of Reflections on Love, Time and Nature and The Need for a Little More.

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Richard Coke: Texan

 By Rosser Coke Newton, Sr.

Richard Coke: Texan

By Rosser Coke Newton, Sr.

Richard Coke: Texan is a biography by Rosser Coke Newton, Sr., an indirect descendant of its subject. As governor, Coke brought Texas out of Reconstruction — a young Virginia lawyer who settled in Waco, served in the Civil War, and took office only after his predecessor occupied the Capitol with armed men rather than leave it.

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