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John Walter Lambeth (January 10, 1896 – January 12, 1961) was a
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...
from
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. Born in
Thomasville, North Carolina Thomasville is a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 27,183 at the 2020 census. The city was once notable for its furniture industry, as were its neighbors High Point, North Carolina, High Point and Lexington ...
, Lambeth attended local public schools. He graduated from Trinity College (now
Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
), Durham, North Carolina, in 1916, and later attended Harvard University, Harvard. He joined the Army on January 15, 1918, and saw service in Europe during the remainder of the First World War. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant on July 26, 1919. Lambeth worked in furniture manufacturing between 1919 and 1930, was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1921, and was mayor of Thomasville, North Carolina, Thomasville from 1925 to 1929. He was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress in 1930 and was re-elected three times before declining nomination in 1938. He died in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 1961, and is interred in the City Cemetery in Thomasville.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambeth, John Walter 1896 births 1961 deaths Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni Harvard University alumni United States Army soldiers Democratic Party North Carolina state senators People from Thomasville, North Carolina Mayors of places in North Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly