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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was an American attorney, politician, poet, and leading political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was elected as the second president of the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston.
History. Lamar was the first coastal town in Refugio County. When Aransas County was established in 1871 the site became a part of the new county. The earliest inhabitants were the Karankawa Indians, who sometimes protected settlers from the Comanches.
Lamar was founded in 1839 at Lookout Point, on the channel entrance to Copano Bay. President Lamar agreed to relocate the custom house here, and the town thrived as a port and the site of a salt works. This prosperity ended abruptly on February 11, 1864, when the town was bombarded and practically obliterated by the Union Navy .
In 1838, Houston could not by law run for another term. Lamar ran for the office himself and won. On December 10, 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar was sworn in as president of the Republic of Texas. Lamar inherited a Texas scarcely any better off than on the day of the victory at San Jacinto.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (born Aug. 16, 1798, Louisville, Ga., U.S.—died Dec. 19, 1859, Richmond, Texas) was the 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Lamar Timeline. March 6, 1836 - Fall of the Alamo. March 8, 1836 - Georgia battalion joins Fannin at Goliad. March 27, 1836 - James Fannin and 400 men executed under Santa Anna's orders in "Goliad Massacre" April 1836 - Returns to Texas and enlists in Texas Army as a private.
1. Dez. 1995 · Lamar, promoted by James W. Byrne, George Robert Hull, and George Armstrong, was founded in 1839 at Lookout Point, on the channel entrance to Copano Bay, as a rival town to Aransas City, across the channel at Live Oak Point. The community was named for Mirabeau B. Lamar.
