Horace Baldwin (18011850) was

mayor of Houston The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on offi ...

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in 1844. His brother-in-law,

Augustus Chapman Allen Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (the present day h ...

, was a co-founder of Houston, Texas. A former resident of

Baldwinsville, New York Baldwinsville is a Village (New York), village in Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 7,898 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Syracuse, New York, ...

, Baldwin came to Houston based on the encouragement of his sister,

Charlotte Baldwin Allen Charlotte Baldwin Allen (July 14, 1805 – August 3, 1895) is known in History of Texas, Texan history as the "mother of Houston, Texas, Houston". She was the wife of Augustus Chapman Allen, who used her inheritance to finance the founding of this ...

. By 1840, he owned substantial real estate in Harris County and the city of Houston. In 1843 he was elected to serve as an alderman of the Fourth Ward and the next year he served as mayor of Houston. A daughter, Eliazbeth Baldwin, married

William Marsh Rice William Marsh Rice (March 14, 1816 – September 23, 1900) was an American businessman who bequeathed his fortune to found Rice University in Houston, Texas. Rice was murdered by his valet Charles F. Jones while sleeping. The murder was pa ...

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