Lamar, Henry G
congressman, was born in Georgia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1829 to 1833.
LAMAR, LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCIN- NATUS, jurist, was born July 15, 1797, near Eatonton, Ga. In 1830 he was elected judge of the superior court of Georgia. He died July 4, 1834, in Milledgeville, Ga.
LAMAR, LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCIN- NATUS, soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born September, 1825, in Putnam county, Ga. He was elected a representative from Mississippi to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He resigned in 1860 to take a seat in the secession convention of his state; and in 1861 entered the confederate army. He was elected to the forty-third congress, and re-elected to the forty-fourth congress. In 1876 he was elected a senator in congress from Mississippi for the term beginning in 1877 and ending in 1883; was re-elected for the term ending in 1889. In 1885 he became secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Cleveland. He died Jan. 23, 1893, in Macon, Ga.
LAMAR, MIRABEAU BONAPARTE, soldier, merchant, journalist, statesman, author, was born Aug. 16, 1798, in Louisville, Ga. He moved to Texas in 1835; and commanded a cavalry company at the battle of San Jacinto, and rendered effective service. In 1836 he was elected first vice-president of Texas, having for some months previous held the rank of major-general. From 1838 to 1841 he was president of Texas. He was the author of a volume of poems entitled Verse Memorials. He died Dec. 19, 1859, in Augusta, Texas.