Alfred William Lamb (March 18, 1824 – April 29, 1888) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Lamb moved with his parents to

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in 1836. He attended Marion College in

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in

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. Lamb was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 and resumed the practice of law. He died in

and was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Alfred W. 1824 births 1888 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri People from Stamford, New York 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives