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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaLAMB, John
(1840—1924)
LAMB, John, a Representative from Virginia; born in Sussex County, Va., June 12, 1840; attended a private school; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company D, Third Virginia Cavalry; commanded his company three years; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served as sheriff, treasurer, and surveyor of Charles City County; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Sixty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; superintendent of Battle Abbey, a Confederate memorial institute in Richmond, Va., where he died on November 21, 1924; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.
Lamb, John. Bonds or treasury notes
. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1898.
———. The financial bill
. [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900?]
———. Malvern Hill (July 1st, 1862) An address delivered before Pickett Camp, Confederate Veterans, Richmond, Virginia, on March 8th, 1897
. Richmond: J. E. Goode Print. Co., 1897.
———. Payment of government bonds. Speech ... in the House ... January 31 and February 1, 1898
. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1898.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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