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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte

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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte (1798-1859)

US soldier and public official. 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 (1836-38) and then president (1838-41) of the Republic of Texas. He founded the capital at Austin in 1840. In 1844 he supported statehood for Texas. Lamar was born in Louisville, Georgia.
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