Choose one important Texas leader we discussed in this lesson. How was this Texas leader willing to take risks help others?

One of the most important leaders in Texas is Nicholas Henry Darnell.

Explanation:

Nicholas Henry Darnell is became the speaker of the house in Texas after he moved to Texas giving up his job in Tennessee General Assembly. After becoming the speaker of the house of the representatives of Texas, the work done by him was great and worth praising.

He passed reforms and bills which were people friendly, thus winning the hearts of the people. One of his efforts which is talked about till now is when he was the leader of 18th Texas Cavalry where he had risked his own life to protect his own country men. He and his cavalrymen fought gallantly and bravely during the American civil war.