Floyd Roland Lamb (September 3, 1914 – June 2, 2002) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and a Democratic member of the

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from 1956 to 1983. From 1946 to 1956, Lamb joined the Lincoln County Commission until he was elected to the senate. In 1956, Lamb represented Lincoln County and in 1965 Lamb moved to

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where he represented Clark County and served as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee until 1983.

Legacy

In 1977, Lamb convinced the

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to acquire Tule Springs Park from the then financially troubled city of Las Vegas and the park was later renamed Floyd Lamb Park. Also,

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in Las Vegas is named after him and/or his brother,

Ralph Lamb Ralph James Lamb (April 10, 1927 – July 3, 2015) was an American law enforcement officer and the 11th Sheriff of Clark County from 1961 to 1979. He was a member of the Republican Party. Lamb was born in Alamo, Nevada, one of 11 children born t ...

, a former

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who served from 1961 to 1979.

Conviction

Lamb and other Nevada politicians were forced to resign after they were convicted in 1983 for taking a $23,000 bribe in an

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sting operation (Operation Yobo). Lamb spent 9 months in prison, then he was paroled and his civil rights were restored by the state Pardons Board.

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