biography
| name: |
Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte
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pronunciation:
[lamah(r)]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1798–1859)
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| biography:
| US soldier and public official, born in Louisville, Georgia, USA. After working as a politician and journalist in Georgia, he moved to Texas and commanded the Texas cavalry at San Jacinto (1836). He was vice-president (1836–8) and then president (1838–41) of the Republic of Texas. He founded the capital at Austin (1840) and after 1844 he supported statehood for Texas. |
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