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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Robert LAMAR
(1866-1923)
LAMAR, James Robert, a
Representative from Missouri; born at Edgar Springs, Phelps County,
Mo., March 28, 1866; attended the common schools and Licking (Mo.)
Academy; taught school in Phelps and Texas Counties; was principal
of Licking Academy in 1889; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
Texas County in 1889 and practiced; prosecuting attorney of Texas
County 1890-1894; chairman of the Democratic congressional
committee of the Thirteenth District of Missouri 1894-1896; engaged
in the practice of law in Houston, Texas County, Mo.; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3,
1905); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the
Fifty-ninth Congress; elected to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908
to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Houston, Mo.; president of the Missouri Bar Association in 1920;
died in St. Louis, Mo., on August 11, 1923; interment in Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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