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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was an attorney born in Georgia, who became a Texas politician, poet, diplomat, and soldier. He was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was elected as the second President of the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, (born Aug. 16, 1798, Louisville, Ga., U.S.—died Dec. 19, 1859, Richmond, Texas), second president of the Republic of Texas. After an unsuccessful career as a merchant in Alabama, Lamar took a position as secretary to the governor of Georgia.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born in Georgia in 1798, the son of a successful planter. As a young man, Lamar was multi-talented -- he excelled at horseback riding and fencing, wrote poetry, painted in oils, and read widely, making himself knowledgeable on a range of topics.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, son of John and Rebecca (Lamar) Lamar, president of the Republic of Texas, was born near Louisville, Georgia, on August 16, 1798. He grew up at Fairfield, his father's plantation near Milledgeville. He attended academies at Milledgeville and Eatonton and was an omnivorous reader.
Mirabeau B. Lamar. Romantic in nature, classically educated, and possessed of what a friend called "a gentle playfulness," Mirabeau B. Lamar stood out from the crowd of early Texas frontiersmen. His term of office was marked by ambitious schemes that ended in failure, but he left a lasting legacy as the "Father of Texas Education."
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was an attorney born in Georgia, who became a Texas politician, poet, diplomat, and soldier. He was a leading Texa... Wikipedia
- August 16, 1798, near Louisville, Georgia
- December 19, 1859, near Richmond, Texas
- Tabitha Jordan Lamar, Henrietta Maffitt
- Rebecca Ann Lamar, Loretto Evalina Lamar
- Rebecca Lamar, John Lamar
- Princeton University
- Democratic Party (United States), Democratic-Republican Party
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