Charles Nelson Lamison (1826April 24, 1896) was an American

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, soldier, and lawyer who was a two-term

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from

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. He served in the

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from 1871 to 1875.

Early life and career

Born in

Columbia County, Pennsylvania Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727. Its county seat is Bloomsburg. The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part ...

, Lamison moved with his father in 1836 to

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, where he was privately instructed in elementary branches. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848, commencing practice in Dalton. In 1852, he moved to Lima, Ohio, where he resumed practicing law and was elected

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, in 1853. He was defeated for reelection in the position in 1855, but was elected back again in 1857.

Civil War

At the outbreak of the

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, Lamison enlisted in the

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and was elected as the initial captain of Company F of the

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, serving in

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. He later assisted in raising the

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of which he was appointed as the major.

Congress

After the close of the war, he resumed practicing law in Lima and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the

in 1866. Lamison was elected to the House of Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1875, not being a candidate for renomination in 1874.

Later career and death

Afterwards, he was appointed an attorney for several railroad companies and was appointed to the

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in 1892, headquartered in

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. Lamison died in

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central U ...

, on April 24, 1896, and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in Lima, Ohio.

References

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