John Edward Lamb (December 26, 1852 – August 23, 1914) was an American lawyer who served one term as a

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from

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

from 1883 to 1885.

Biography

Born in

Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

, Lamb attended the common schools and was graduated from the Terre Haute High School. He studied law and was

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in 1873, commencing practice in Terre Haute. He served as prosecuting attorney of the fourteenth judicial circuit 1875-1880.

Congress

Lamb was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885).

Later career and death

Afterwards, he resumed the practice of law in Terre Haute. He was appointed United States district attorney for Indiana July 10, 1885, and served until August 16, 1886. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892, 1896, 1904, 1908, and 1912. He died in

, August 23, 1914, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, John Edward 1852 births 1914 deaths Politicians from Terre Haute, Indiana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana United States Attorneys for the District of Indiana 19th-century American politicians Burials in Indiana