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    Mirabeau B. Lamar

    American politician (–)

    Mirabeau B. Lamar

    In office
    December 10, &#;– December 13,
    Vice PresidentDavid G. Burnet
    Preceded bySam Houston
    Succeeded bySam Houston
    In office
    October 22, &#;– December 10,
    PresidentSam Houston
    Preceded byLorenzo de Zavala (interim)
    Succeeded byDavid G. Burnet
    In office
    February 8, &#;– May 20,
    PresidentJames Buchanan
    Preceded byJohn H. Wheeler
    Succeeded byAlexander Dimitry
    In office
    September 14, &#;– May 20,
    PresidentJames Buchanan
    Preceded bySolon Borland
    Succeeded byAlexander Dimitry
    Born()August 16,
    Louisville, Georgia, U.S.
    DiedDecember 19, () (aged&#;61)
    Richmond, Texas, U.S.
    Resting placeMorton Cemetery,
    Richmond, Texas
    29°35′09″N95°45′48″W / °N °W / ;
    NationalityAmerican, Texian
    Political partyDemocratic-Republican Party
    Democratic Party
    Spouse(s)Tabitha Jorda
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    Texas Originals

    Mirabeau B. Lamar

    August 16, –December 19,

    Poet, politician, and historian, Mirabeau B. Lamar is claimed by Texas, although he was a Georgia native and lived there for three decades.

    Lamar served in the Georgia state senate and made two unsuccessful bids for Congress. In , he followed his friend James Fannin to the Mexican province of Texas, where he fought in the war for independence from Mexico.

    In , Lamar became the second President of the Republic of Texas, inheriting a nation beset by problems that included a bankrupt treasury. Undaunted, Lamar promoted his vision of Texas as a prosperous, sprawling empire. Less admirably, his vision included the practice of slavery and excluded the presence of Native Americans. Lamar forced the Cherokees out of Texas and waged a costly war against the Comanche.

    Many of Lamar's grandest projects failed and he vastly overspent public funds, but he is celebrated for having persuaded Congress to set aside public lands to f

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    Mirabeau B. Lamar

    Georgia native Mirabeau B. Lamar, a state senator, reporter, poet, and soldier, served as the second president of the Republic of Texas, from to

    Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born on August 16, , near Louisville, to Rebecca and John Lamar. He attended public school in Eatonton and Milledgeville but, due to financial concerns, decided to forgo college. In he opened a general store with partner Willis robert in Cahawba, Alabama, and purchased an interest in the Cahawba Pressnewspaper. After the död eller bortgång of both the store and paper, Lamar returned to Georgia, where he accepted a job as secretary to newly elected Governor George Troup in ; he also became a member of Troup&#;s household. In he married Tabitha Jordan, of Twiggs County, and they had one daughter, Rebecca Ann. At the end of Troup&#;s second gubernatorial begrepp, Lamar and his family moved to Columbus and established the Columbus Enquirer (later the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer). The newspaper adh