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Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sánchez (October 3, 1788 – November 15, 1836), known simply as Lorenzo de Zavala, was a Mexican and later Tejano physician, politician, diplomat and author. [1]
Adina's father Augustine De Zavala was the son of Lorenzo de Zavala, the first Vice President of the Republic of Texas. Augustine was a farmer who joined the Confederate States Navy. According to historian L. Robert Ables, [4] [5] Adina was a blue-eyed brunette Hispanic, about 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The building is named in honor of Lorenzo de Zavala, a statesman in Texas history. Built in 1959 and inaugurated in 1961, [ 3 ] the building houses the headquarters of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission , and is located east of and adjacent to the Texas State Capitol , and made of the same pink granite as the capitol building. [ 4 ] (
Juan de Zavala (1804–1879), Spanish noble and politician; Lauro Zavala (born 1954), Mexican literary theorist; Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836), Mexican politician; Margarita Zavala (born 1967), wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderón and First Lady of Mexico; Maria Elena Zavala (born 1950), American plant biologist
It is unknown if she did carry James Morgan's surname, as was supposed, although this was the custom for indentured servants and slaves at the time. [1] Also, arriving coincidentally in Morgan's Point on board Morgan's schooner from New York was Emily West de Zavala, [1] the wife of the interim vice president of the Republic of Texas, Lorenzo de Zavala, and grandmother of Adina Emilia De ...
Burnet finally agreed to resign on October 22, the day after de Zavala resigned as vice president. [19] During the transition of power, Burnet's son Jacob died at Velasco. The Burnets returned to their home, which had been looted, which left them with no furniture or other household articles. To support his family, Burnet practiced law and ...
Mirabeau Lamar monument at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, reads: "The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.". Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was an American attorney, politician, poet, and leading political figure during the Texas Republic era.
[21] The delegates elected the Republic's ad interim government on March 16, [22] with David G. Burnet as president, Lorenzo de Zavala as vice president, Samuel P. Carson as secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson Rusk as secretary of war, Bailey Hardeman as secretary of the treasury, Robert Potter as secretary of the navy, and David Thomas as ...