Richard Lankford

Richard Lankford (1955)

Richard Estep Lankford (born July 22, 1914 in Wilmington , Delaware , †  September 22, 2003 in Easton , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1965 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Lankford first attended private schools in Baltimore and Alexandria ( Virginia ). He then studied until 1937 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland and his admission to the bar in 1940, he began to work in this profession. He was also the manager of some tobacco plantations and cattle ranches. During World War II , Lankford served in the US Navy Reserve from 1942 to 1946 . After the war he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1948 to 1954 . In 1952 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives. The following year he was a member of the Maryland Governing Council; in August 1956 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago .

In the 1954 congressional elections , Lankford was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Frank Small on January 3, 1955 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1965 . These were shaped by the events of the civil rights movement and the Cold War . During this time the Vietnam War began . In 1964 Richard Lankford declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He died in Easton on September 22, 2003.

Web links

• Richard Lankford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Lankford in the database of Find a Grave (English)