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

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from

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from 1883 to 1885.

Biography

Born in

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, 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 members of the United States House of Representatives