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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn Basil LAMAR
(1812-1862)
LAMAR, John Basil, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County,
Ga., on November 5, 1812; attended Dr. Beman’s school at
Mount Zion, Ga., and Franklin College (now University of Georgia)
at Athens in 1827; moved to a plantation near Macon, Bibb County,
Ga., in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the
State house of representatives in 1837 and 1838; elected as a
Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served from March 4
until July 29, 1843, when he resigned; resumed the management of
his plantations; trustee of the University of Georgia 1855-1858;
delegate to the State convention which adopted the secession
ordinance in 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate
Army as an aide on the staff of Gen. Howell Cobb; wounded in the
battle at Cramptons Gap, Md., and died the following day, September
15, 1862; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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