Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was a Texas politician, poet, diplomat soldier who was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was the second president of the Republic of Texas.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born August 16,1798 he grew up on his father’s beautiful plantation called Fairfield near Milledgeville, Georgia. When Mirabeau Lamar was a child he loved to educate himself through school by reading books. He attended academics at Milledgeville and Eatonton and was an omnivorous reader. As a boy he became an expert horseman and an accomplished fencer,began writing in verse and painted in oils. He got accepted into Princeton University,but he did not go to college. In 1819 he had a brief partnership in a general store at …show more content…
He resigned to take care of his wife when she got sick of tuberculosis. In 1830 she died and Mirabeau was very devastated. He left the state of Georgia trying to get over the loss of his wife,but then he returned in 1832 and ran for the office in the U.S. House of Representatives. He later then moved to Alabama and was in the mercantile business and published a paper the Cahawba Press. In 1847 he was assigned as a past commander at Laredo. Lamar was elected from eagle pass in the texas legislature for several years after texas was annexed to the United States in 1845. He joined the texas army to get independence from mexico. He was responsible for saving the life of future texas senator Thomas J. Rusk. He served in Managua 20 months before returning to texas in October in 1859. He died of a heart attack at his richmond plantation on December 19,1859. He enjoyed the retreating of a texas army as a private. High schools are named after Lamar in Houston,Arlington,and Rosenberg. Middle schools are named after
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born August 16,1798 he grew up on his father’s beautiful plantation called Fairfield near Milledgeville, Georgia. When Mirabeau Lamar was a child he loved to educate himself through school by reading books. He attended academics at Milledgeville and Eatonton and was an omnivorous reader. As a boy he became an expert horseman and an accomplished fencer,began writing in verse and painted in oils. He got accepted into Princeton University,but he did not go to college. In 1819 he had a brief partnership in a general store at …show more content…
He resigned to take care of his wife when she got sick of tuberculosis. In 1830 she died and Mirabeau was very devastated. He left the state of Georgia trying to get over the loss of his wife,but then he returned in 1832 and ran for the office in the U.S. House of Representatives. He later then moved to Alabama and was in the mercantile business and published a paper the Cahawba Press. In 1847 he was assigned as a past commander at Laredo. Lamar was elected from eagle pass in the texas legislature for several years after texas was annexed to the United States in 1845. He joined the texas army to get independence from mexico. He was responsible for saving the life of future texas senator Thomas J. Rusk. He served in Managua 20 months before returning to texas in October in 1859. He died of a heart attack at his richmond plantation on December 19,1859. He enjoyed the retreating of a texas army as a private. High schools are named after Lamar in Houston,Arlington,and Rosenberg. Middle schools are named after