Henderson Lovelace Lanham

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Henderson Lovelace Lanham

Henderson Lovelace Lanham (born September 14, 1888 in Rome , Floyd County , Georgia , †  November 10, 1957 ) was an American politician . He represented the state of Georgia as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lanham attended public school in his birthplace. Then he went to the Piedmont Institute in Rockmart . He graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1910 and from the Law Department of the same university in 1911. He then attended the Graduate School of Harvard University in 1912 . He was admitted to the bar in 1911 and then opened a practice in Rome. Between 1918 and 1919 he was chairman of an education committee there. Thereafter belonged to the Georgia House of Representatives between 1929 and 1933 and 1937 and 1940 . He then served as Attorney General for the Rome Judicial District between 1941 and 1946.

Lanham was elected a Democrat in the 80th and five subsequent Congresses . His term of office began on January 3, 1947. He died in office when his car crashed into a train while crossing a level crossing on November 10, 1957. Lanham was buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery . During his tenure in Congress he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions.

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SURNAME Lanham, Henderson Lovelace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1957
Place of death Rome , Georgia