Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 - 19 dicidembre global 1859) was the second president of the Republic of Texas, succeeding on the job to Sam Houston.
Early life
Born near Louisville, Georgia is the second of 9 children, but had no formal education as a child if had a passion for reading, hobby that allowed him to obtain a position at Princeton University, but decided to reject this position and instead of So he moved to Alabama where he had little luck in their projects as a trader and as founder of the newspaper Cahawba Press. After these failures Lamar step into the world of politics, where he obtained a equity post as private secretary to George M. Dennis Carey Troup, Governor of Georgia, since that came with the help of his brother Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. Occupying this position met Lamar Millidgeville company Tabatha Jordan with whom be married in January 1826. In 1828 Troup was defeated in elections and Lamar moved to Columbus, Georgia where he founded a new newspaper, the Columbus Enquirer. In 1829 Lamar Mirebau attempt to be elected as state senator, but the death of his young wife to tuberculosis led him to withdraw from the election. In 1833 she tried again ytrato luck in politics being elected as a deputy in the U.S. Congress but was defeated in the election, after this bad luck continued with the suicide of his brother Lucius and this led to Lamar to take a trip to Texas, but soon banking returned to his home state of the outbreak trading of the Texas war for independence led him back to Mexican territory.
Texas
Lamar support for independence and had a distinguished participation in the Battle of San Jacinto, his performance in this battle he allowed a rapid ascent in politics of the newly born Republic occupying the post of Secretary of War in the interim government and vice management president under President Sam Houston. For the second presidential election won almost unanimous support of the population and was thus elected president.
Presidency
Lamar was inaugurated on 1 December 1838 and in his first appearance before Congress talk about the importance of exterminating the Cherokees and their allies in the creation of a national bank, of the need to get a loan of five million dollars to help finance the fledgling nation and finally rejected completely the possibility of annexing the United States and said it would support the war with Mexico by supporting other provinces that, like Texas, rebelled at central overplays. Their policy of defense against the Indians began the creation of 23 military companies to be established in eight specific locations, most near rivers and account eventually aimed to convert border establishments whose inhabitants would receive financial support from the government, beginning in 1839 Lamar large-scale war against the Cherokees when found in the diary of a dead Mexican reblede the news that this nation would receive support from the government companies of Mexico if you dropped a full scale war against the whites of the territory, the success of group Texas on the loans Cherokee was complete and they were banished from the country and all its towns were destroyed. Another issue that was decided in market his administration was to choose a final capital for the country, which would move from Houston who had exercised this function until then, the minutes passed in that it specifies a specific region where a group of commissioners should choose the headquarters of the new capital, thus there was no possibility that this follow where she was, finally April 13, 1839 commissioners were chosen as the best option at the small settlement of Waterloo, which was renamed as Austin also founded the state library in that city. Mirabeau B. Lamar sent several agents to Mexico with the goal of peace with that nation, but since I always consider Mexico to Texas a rebel province all failed, Lamar got on the other hand financial if official recognition from France, Belgium and the UK to independence consumer of Texas, although I fail to get a loan of this or any other country, reason why the finances of the Republic followed in difficulties, this situation and the inability commercial to fix the situation with Mexico began to undermine support for his government and this led to the midterm elections that the followers of Sam Houston obtained a significant number of seats in Congress, was Houaton Lamar's political rival and his supporters prevented during this second period that Lamar could carry out all their initiatives, a last event in his administration was the attempt to money initiate a trade with New Mexico through Santa Fe, but the men who made the trip, contrary to what Congress had indicated were arrested by the Mexican and many had died when bound for Mexico City.
Later life
Lamar distinguished himself in the Battle of Monterrey during the U.S. intervention in Mexico, became representative of Laredo on the Texas legislature, and remarried during the presidency of James Buchanan was sent as United States Minister to Nicaragua, a post he held until his failing health led him back to his country where banks he died of a heart attack.
