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Sam Houston was one of the good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
May 10, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
May 13, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
September 19, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 5, 2004, September 5, 2005, September 5, 2006, October 22, 2009, October 22, 2010, and September 5, 2021.
Current status: Delisted good article

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