Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar
Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar
"The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy and, while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge and the only security that freemen desire." Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar was born on August 16, 1798 in Louisville, Georgia. He became secretary to the governor of Georgia and later moved to Texas, where he fought in the independence struggle against Mexico. He became secretary of war in the provisional government of Texas, then vice president of Texas under Sam Houston. In 1838 Lamar won his own term as president. Lamar is considered the father of public education in Texas because he engineered legislation which lead to free public school in the Republic and formed the basis for public education the constitution of the State of Texas. He died in 1859.
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
EPHS Class of 1986 at El Paso High Centennial
EPHS Class of 1986 at the El Paso High Centennial football game ...
Saint Patrick Pastor Msgr. G. W. Caffery
Saint Patrick Cathedral El Paso Texas Pastor Msgr. G. W. Caffery ...
Saint Patrick's Cathedral Elementary School - 1952
Saint Patrick's Cathedral School - 1952 Back Row: Sister Mary ...
Saint Patricks Cathedral - El Paso, Texas, 1996
Casket of Navy Veteran - Felix A. Antone Jr. carried by family ...
Cathedral High School for Boys - 1925
Framed original full page ad announcing opening of Cathedral ...
St. Patrick's Cathedral Deacon - 1984
Deacon Ken Flynn baptizes M.J. Ross in July 1984 St. Patrick's ...
Cathedral High School Cheerleaders - 1940's
Cathedral High School Cheerleaders - 1940's Photo taken in El ...
Christian Brothers History - 1965
History of the Christian Brothers - science class, and from left ...
