William Bailey Lamar

William Bailey Lamar (born June 12, 1853 in Monticello , Jefferson County , Florida , † September 26, 1928 in Thomasville , Georgia ) was an American lawyer and politician .

William Lamar, a nephew of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar , attended the Jefferson Academy in Monticello and studied at the University of Georgia in Athens , where he lived from 1866 to 1873. He returned to Florida in 1874, graduated from Lebanon Law School in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1875 , and practiced in Tupelo , Mississippi , after being admitted to the bar . He then worked from January 1877 to January 1881 as a clerk at the Jefferson County District Court . From 1883 to 1886 he served as a judge in the Jefferson County Court.

In 1887 Lamar was elected to the Florida House of Representatives; he rejected the election as speaker of the house. From 1889 to 1903 he was elected Attorney General of Florida. For the 58th Congress legislature he was in 1902 as a member of the newly created third congressional district of Florida for the Democrats in the United States House of Representatives voted. He was re-elected twice and was able to exercise his mandate from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1909. Instead he tried unsuccessfully in 1908 for one of the seats in Florida in the United States Senate ; Dannite H. Mays won his seat in the House of Representatives .

In 1915 Lamar was appointed national commissioner for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition , which was held in San Francisco . The following year he moved to Washington, DC . He died in Thomasville on September 26, 1928 and was buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens.

Web links

• William Bailey Lamar in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Bailey Lamar in the database of Find a Grave (English)