Preceded by Tazewell Ellett Role U.S. representative Resigned March 4, 1913 Name John Lamb | Political party Democratic Preceded by Charles F. Scott Party Democratic Party | |
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Resting place Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia Profession businessman, politician Allegiance Confederate States of America Died November 21, 1924, Richmond, Virginia, United States | ||
Succeeded by Andrew Jackson Montague Battles and wars American Civil War Service/branch Confederate States Army | ||
John Lamb (June 12, 1840 – November 21, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
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Biography
Born in Sussex County, Virginia, Lamb attended a private school. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate States Army, Company D, Third Virginia Cavalry, and commanded his company for three years.
After the war, Lamb engaged in mercantile pursuits as well as serving as sheriff, treasurer, and surveyor of Charles City County. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913), where he served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Sixty-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.
After leaving Congress, Lamb served as the superintendent of Battle Abbey, a Confederate memorial institute in Richmond, Virginia, where he died on November 21, 1924. He was interred in Hollywood Cemetery.