Walter Lambeth

John Walter Lambeth (born January 10, 1896 in Thomasville , Davidson County , North Carolina , †  January 12, 1961 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1939 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Lambeth attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1916 at Trinity College in Durham . He later also studied at Harvard University . During the First World War he was a soldier in the US Army since January 1918 . He was used in Europe. Lambeth worked as a cabinet maker between 1919 and 1930. He also worked in the banking industry. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1921 he was elected to the North Carolina Senate; from 1925 to 1929 he was mayor of the city of Thomasville.

In the 1930 congressional election , Lambeth was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of North Carolina, where he succeeded Hinton James on March 4, 1931 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . Since 1933 he represented the eighth district of his state there as the successor to Robert L. Doughton . It was during Lambeth's tenure as Congressman that most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed. In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified.

In 1938 Walter Lambeth renounced another congressional candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics and devoted himself to his private affairs. He died on January 12, 1961 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• Walter Lambeth in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Walter Lambeth in the database of Find a Grave (English)