John Basil Lamar

John Basil Lamar (born November 5, 1812 in Milledgeville , Baldwin County , Georgia , † September 15, 1862 at Crampton's Gap , Maryland ) was an American politician .

From 1827 Lamar attended Franklin College , which later became the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens , but did not receive a degree. In 1830 he moved to Macon and ran a farm there.

Lamar had been elected to the Georgia House of Representatives for 1837 and 1838 . In 1842 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the House of Representatives for the 28th Congressional term to represent the interests of his state . His work was short-lived, as he was only able to take over his office from his predecessor Thomas Butler King on March 4, 1843 and resigned in favor of Absalom Harris Chappell on July 29, 1843 , in order to then return to farming.

Lamar was a member of the University of Georgia Administrative Committee (UGA Board of Trustees) from 1855 to 1858. As a delegate, he was a member of the State Assembly, which in January 1861 passed the Ordinance of Secession , thus initiating Georgia's exit, the secession , from the United States. During the Civil War he worked as a Colonel (Colonel) in the bar of Howell Cobb , a general of the army of the Confederate States of America ( South ). He was wounded during the fighting at Crampton's Gap, Maryland, and died within one day of his injuries on September 15, 1862. He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon.

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SURNAME	Lamar, John Basil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milledgeville , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1862
Place of death	at Crampton's Gap , Maryland