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Businessman [[Colonel House|Edward House]] (1858-1938), was Hogg's campaign manager; behind the scenes House engineered the election of three more protégés as governor—most of them more conservative than Hogg. In 1913 House became the top adviser to President [[Woodrow Wilson]], and brought several Texans to high office.<ref>Charles E. Neu, "House, Edward Mandell," [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fho66.html ''Handbook of Texas Online'' (2008)]</ref> In 1905, progressives passed a law requiring a direct primary in major elections and passed a series of corporate taxes. In 1906, a progressive Democrat, Thomas Campbell, won the governorship, and the legislature responded with an unprecedented outpouring of reforms, including regulation of the insurance industry, state insurance for bank deposits, additional tax reforms, improvements in public education, abolition of the barbarous convict-leasing system, pure food and drug legislation, and several labor safety laws.  

Businessman [[Colonel House|Edward House]] (1858-1938), was Hogg's campaign manager; behind the scenes House engineered the election of three more protégés as governor—most of them more conservative than Hogg. In 1913 House became the top adviser to President [[Woodrow Wilson]], and brought several Texans to high office.<ref>Charles E. Neu, "House, Edward Mandell," [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fho66.html ''Handbook of Texas Online'' (2008)]</ref> In 1905, progressives passed a law requiring a direct primary in major elections and passed a series of corporate taxes. In 1906, a progressive Democrat, Thomas Campbell, won the governorship, and the legislature responded with an unprecedented outpouring of reforms, including regulation of the insurance industry, state insurance for bank deposits, additional tax reforms, improvements in public education, abolition of the barbarous convict-leasing system, pure food and drug legislation, and several labor safety laws.  

==Modern history==

==History since ca. 1900==

===Population===

===Population===

Texas reached 4 million population in 1910, making it the fifth largest state, and continued to grow. It remained primarily rural, based on cotton farms<ref>Cotton remained king despite the arrival in 1894 of the boll weevil, an insect that ate the unripe bolls and caused a steady drop in yields per acre over the next thirty years.</ref> and ranches, with 30% living in numerous villages and towns and a few cities.  

Texas reached 4 million population in 1910, making it the fifth largest state, and continued to grow. It remained primarily rural, based on cotton farms<ref>Cotton remained king despite the arrival in 1894 of the boll weevil, an insect that ate the unripe bolls and caused a steady drop in yields per acre over the next thirty years.</ref> and ranches, with 30% living in numerous villages and towns and a few cities.