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The predecessor to the current comptroller's office started in 1846. The longest-serving Comptrollers in Texas history were Robert S. Calvert, who held the post for 26 consecutive years for an unprecedented twelve terms; George H. Sheppard, who served for 18 years over nine two-year terms; and Bob Bullock, who served for 16 years for four four-year terms and later was notable as one of the ...
The Texas Bullion Depository is a bullion depository based in Texas in the United States. It was the first state-administered depository to be established in the United States; previous depositories were either at federal level or private companies. [1] Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced it was open for business on June 6, 2018.
The Metroplex region is an area of 19 counties defined by the Texas Comptroller for economic reporting, as mapped here. It includes all of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex by most definitions; the U.S. Office of Management and Budget-defined statistical area of Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington includes just 11 counties.
Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census population of 2,110,640, making it the third-most populous county in Texas and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. [1] Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849 and ...
General Worth by Mathew Brady. The history of Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States is closely intertwined with that of northern Texas and the Texan frontier. From its early history as an outpost and a threat against Native American residents, to its later days as a booming cattle town, to modern times as a corporate center, the city has changed dramatically, although it still preserves much ...
The skyscraper was built from 1919 to 1920 for William Thomas Waggoner, the owner of the Waggoner Ranch and of the Waggoner Refinery. [2][3] It is 230 feet high, with twenty floors. [2] It was designed by the architectural team Sanguinet & Staats. [3][4] It cost US$1,500,000.
Samuel Price Carson. The secretary of state of Texas is one of the six members of the executive department of the State of Texas in the United States. Under the Constitution of Texas, the appointment is made by the governor of Texas, with confirmation by the Texas Senate. The officeholder is the chief elections officer, the protocol officer for ...
The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Curtiss and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893–1895. It is a pink Texas granite building in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembling the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower.