John Lamb (politician, 1840)

John Lamb

John Lamb (born June 12, 1840 in Sussex County , Virginia , †  November 21, 1924 in Richmond , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1913 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Lamb attended a private school. During the Civil War he was a company commander in a cavalry unit in the Confederation Army . After the war he first worked in trade. He later served as chief of police and chamberlain in Charles City County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1896 congressional election , Lamb was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Tazewell Ellett on March 4, 1897 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1913 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . From 1911 he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee. In 1912 he was not re-elected.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, John Lamb ran the Confederate memorial at Battle Abbey in Richmond. He died on November 21, 1924 in Richmond, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John Lamb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Lamb in the database of Find a Grave (English)