Robert M. Coleman (Texan politician)

Robert M. Coleman (1793 – July 1, 1837) was a Texan and later American politician, soldier, and aide-de-camp to Sam Houston.

Coleman was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, a Colonel, and a transitional founder of the Republic of Texas into the United States as a constituent state.

His opposition to the strategies of Sam Houston regarding defense of the Alamo and troop placements on up through the Battle of San Jacinto caused a rift with Houston and a posturing treatise.

Coleman is referenced in Smithwick's book Recollections of Old Texas Days.

[3] On February 1, 1858, he became the posthumous namesake of Coleman County, Texas.