John E. Lamb
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Biography
Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Lamb attended the common schools and was graduated from the Terre Haute High School. He studied law and was admitted to the bar 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 Democrat 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 Terre Haute, Indiana, August 23, 1914, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
References
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- 1852 births
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- 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