In 1920, the inaugural season of the National Football League (NFL), 11 veterans of Major League Baseball (MLB) (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders.
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836), the first Anglo-American constitution to govern Texas, was drafted by a convention of fifty-nine delegates who assembled at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836 (see CONVENTION OF 1836).
Every provision of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution has a counterpart in Article 1 of the Texas Constitution. Article 2: Power of Government Article 1 of the Texas Constitution is labeled as the Power of Government and provides for the separation of the powers of the government. Article 3: Legislative Department. Article 3 of the Texas Constitution is labeled Legislative Department and consists of 67 sections. It vests the legislative power of the state in the Legislature of the State of Texas and establishes that the legislature consists of the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives.