interpreter in English, French, Spanish, German, Yiddish, Portuguese, and Latin. Public service A provisional provincial government was created in Texas in 1835, and Sterne traveled to New Orleans as an agent of that government to recruit an army. He personally financed two companies, later known as the New Orleans Grays. Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, and the Republic of Texas was born. Under the Republic, Sterne served briefly as a commander in the militia during the Cherokee War in 1839. In 1840, he became a postmaster at Nacogdoches, and later served as a deputy clerk and associate justice of the county court. The following year he became a justice of the peace. After Texas was annexed to the United States, Sterne was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, where he served three terms. In 1851 he was elected to the Texas State Senate. He died in New Orleans on March 27, 1852. See also Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library Notes References tshaonline.org cets.sfasu.edu External links 1801 births 1852 deaths Members of the Texas House of Representatives People of the Texas Revolution Texas state senators German emigrants to the United States 19th-century American politicians People from Nacogdoches, Texas