The second president of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar, appointed him Secretary of War on December 22, 1838.

Needing cash, the Bidwills began entertaining offers from would-be investors, and one of the men who approached the Bidwills was Lamar Hunt, son and heir of Texas millionaire oilman H. L. Hunt.

* Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA

Joplin graduated from high school in 1960 and attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas, during the summer and later the University of Texas at Austin, though she did not complete her studies.

Paris, Texas is a city located northeast of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States.

Lamar County was one of the few Texas counties that voted against secession, though many of its inhabitants later served in the Confederacy.

* Paris Texas information – Lamar County Station

Category: Populated places in Lamar County, Texas

The nationalist faction, led by Lamar, advocated the continued independence of Texas, the expulsion of the Native Americans, and the expansion of Texas to the Pacific Ocean.

* President Mirabeau B. Lamar ( Republic of Texas )

He was a major critic of President Mirabeau Lamar, who advocated continuing independence of Texas, annihilation of American Indians and the extension of Texas's boundaries to the Pacific Ocean.

Shy by his own admission, Kelley was the only cast member of the original Star Trek series program never to have written or published an autobiography ; however, the authorized biography From Sawdust to Stardust ( 2005 ) was written posthumously by Terry Lee Rioux of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

The Sun Belt then merged with the American South Conference, made up of Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Southwestern Louisiana ( now Louisiana – Lafayette ), Texas – Pan American, New Orleans, Lamar, and UCF.

Lamar County is a county located in the U. S. state of Texas.

The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840, and is named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of Texas.

Lamar County, once heavily Democratic, is now represented in the Texas House of Representatives by the Republican Erwin Cain of Sulphur Springs, Texas.

The county is part of the 21st District in the United States House of Representatives, represented by Republican Lamar Smith, the 25th district of the Texas State Senate, represented by Republican Jeff Wentworth, and the 73rd District of the Texas House of Representatives and is represented by Republican Doug Miller.

* 1932 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( d. 2006 )

* 1980 – Burney Lamar, American race car driver

Oilman Clint Murchison Jr had been trying to get an NFL expansion team in Dallas ( also Lamar Hunt – who ended up with an AFL franchise ), but George Preston Marshall owner of the Washington Redskins had a monopoly in the south.

* 2006 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( b. 1932 )

* 1987 – Kendrick Lamar, American rapper and songwriter ( Black Hippy )

* 1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician

* 1914 – The first ever Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup final is played.

* 1882 – Bascom Lamar Lunsford, American lawyer, folklorist, and folk musician ( d. 1973 )

* 1947 – Lamar S. Smith, American politician

* 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player

* Central Presbyterian Church – founded in 1844, it was the first church formed in Lamar County, boasts historic stained glass windows and is historically registered at the state and federal levels

* May 21 – Lamar Johnstone, American silent film actor & director ( b. 1885 )

* January 23 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U. S. Supreme Court justice ( b. 1825 )

Before the start of the shortened 2011 – 12 season, the Lakers traded Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks after Odom requested to be traded.

* The Vernon Pioneer-( 1875 – 1878 ) The first newspaper published in Lamar County was The Vernon Pioneer.

* The Lamar News-( 1886 – 1887 )-E. J. McNatt as Editor and Proprietor

Joseph Rucker Lamar, deceased, who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1910 – 1916, was born in Elbert County.

* Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr. ( 1857 – 1929 )-U. S. House of Representatives, author of the Clayton Act regulating antitrust behavior.

* Draffus Lamar Hightower ( 1899 – 1993 )- photographer, recorded changes to Barbour County through the 20th century

Hurricane Allison oddly stayed together long enough to still have an eye like feature over Purvis after traveling from Texas and Louisiana in 2001 and dumped 10 – 15 inches of rain on Lamar County.

Barry Lamar Bonds ( born July 24, 1964 ) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Lamar Hunt, who was founder or co-founder of the American Football League, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Chicago Bulls, the United Soccer Association, and Major League Soccer, also founded the team.

** Lamar Odom, American basketball player

** Lamar Hunt, American sportsman ( d. 2006 )

Precious Mackenzie won his ‘ third ’ World title, easily beating the American teenager, Lamar Gant.

* Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup, soccer ( association football ) tournament held between American soccer clubs from MLS, minor leagues, and amateur associations

During the American Civil War, the county provided the Lamar Infantry, which was a part of Cobb's Legion.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar ( September 17, 1825January 23, 1893 ) was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi.

La Junta, Rocky Ford, Las Animas, Lamar, Walsenburg, and Trinidad all have large Mexican American communities.

* Lamar Vest – Former General Overseer, President / CEO of American Bible Society

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry ( June 5, 1825 – February 12, 1903 ) was a lawyer, soldier, U. S. Congressman, college professor and administrator, diplomat, and officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Prior to the launch of Major League Soccer in 1996, teams from Los Angeles played in the Western American Soccer League, the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League / A-League, winning ten league championships ( 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1976 ), seven Lamar Hunt US Open Cups ( 1958, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 ), four regional championships ( 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 ) and one international championship ( 1975 ).