Lake, William A – Lamberton, Robert Alexan- Der
Lake, William A
lawyer, state senator, congressman. He served in the legislature of Maryland. He moved to Mississippi; and was elected to the senate of that state. He was a representative in congress from Mississippi during the thirty-fourth congress.
Lakey, Emily Jane
artist, was born June 22, 1837, in Quincy, N. Y. She turned her attention to painting, and exhibited her work first in Chicago, and in 1873 at the National Academy of Design.
Her best known paintings are Leader of the Herd; An Anxious Mother; and Right of Way.
Lalor, Teresa
mother superior, was born in 1766 in Ireland. In 1799 she opened a school in Georgetown, D. C.
This school was the beginning of what is to-day the oldest Roman catholic female academy within the limits of the thirteen original states. She died in 1846 in Georgetown, D. C.
Lamar, Henry G
congressman, was born in Georgia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1829 to 1833.
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincin- Natus
jurist, was born July 15, 1797, near Eatonton, Ga. In 1830 he was elected judge of the superior court of Georgia. He died July 4, 1834, in Milledgeville, Ga.
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincin- Natus
soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born September, 1825, in Putnam county, Ga. He was elected a representative from Mississippi to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He resigned in 1860 to take a seat in the secession convention of his state; and in 1861 entered the confederate army. He was elected to the forty-third congress, and re-elected to the forty-fourth congress. In 1876 he was elected a senator in congress from Mississippi for the term beginning in 1877 and ending in 1883; was re-elected for the term ending in 1889. In 1885 he became secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Cleveland. He died Jan. 23, 1893, in Macon, Ga.
Lamar, Mirabeau Bonaparte
soldier, merchant, journalist, statesman, author, was born Aug. 16, 1798, in Louisville, Ga. He moved to Texas in 1835; and commanded a cavalry company at the battle of San Jacinto, and rendered effective service. In 1836 he was elected first vice-president of Texas, having for some months previous held the rank of major-general. From 1838 to 1841 he was president of Texas. He was the author of a volume of poems entitled Verse Memorials. He died Dec. 19, 1859, in Augusta, Texas.
Lamb, Alfred W
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1847 to 1849.
Lamb, Artemus
railroad president, was born Sept. 11, 1840, in Steuben county, N. Y. He is president of the Crescent Springs railroad and of the Northern Mississippi railroad of Minnesota.
Lamb, Edward
actor, was born Oct. 18, 1828, in New York city. He played his most successful engagement at the old Park theater in Brooklyn, of which he was lessee and manager. He died July 5, 1887, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lamb, G. H
lawyer, state senator, was born Feb. 22, 1858, in Fountain county, Ind. Since 1889 he has practiced law in Yates Center. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Kansas state senate.
Lamb, Isaac Wixan
inventor, was born Jan. 8, 1840, in Salem, Mich. The Lamb Knitting Machine Manufacturing company was organized in Springfield, Mass., in 1865 and their manufactory removed to Chicopee Falls, Mass. His machine produces more than thirty kinds of knitted goods, making about 4,000 loops a minute at ordinary speed.
Lamb, John
soldier, state legislator, was born Jan. 1, 1735, in New York city.
He was promoted to major and colonel of artillery, and rendered good service throughout the war. He was subsequently elected to the New York legislature, and was appointed by Washington collector of customs for the port of New York, which post he held till his death. He died May 31, 1800, in New York city.
Lamb, John
soldier, congressman, was born June 12, 1840, in Sussex county, Va. At the first alarm of war in 1860 he went to the front as a volunteer in the Charles City troop; and served through the entire war with distinguished gallantry. After the war he returned to his native county and took up the business of farming; was soon elected sheriff of his county, and subsequently served his people as treasurer, surveyor and chairman of the county democratic committee. He was elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a democrat.
Lamb, John E
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1852, in Terre Haute, Ind. He was appointed prosecuting attorney for the fourteenth judicial district of Indiana in 1875, and was elected to that position in 1876. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.
Lamb, Mrs. Martha Joan Reade
[NASH], journalist, author, born Aug. 13, 1829, in Plainfield, Mass. She was an historical writer of New York city; and editor of the Magazine of American History in 1883-93. She was the author of The History of the City of New York, her chief work, which is the result of a vast amount of patient labor and research. Her other works include, Spicy, a novel; Play- School Stories: The Christmas Owl; Snow and Sunshine, a Story for Girls; and Wall Street in History. She died in 1893.
Lamb, Robert N
soldier, lawyer, banker, jurist, was born Nov. 23, 1824, in Perry county, Ind. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools; and subsequently attended Hanover college, and the De Pauw university. In 1848-49 he was prosecuting attorney; and for ten years following was auditor of Switzerland county. During the civil war he served in the union army, with the rank of captain. In 1864-70 he was judge of the common pleas and circuit courts. In 1886-89 he was president of the First National bank of Indianapolis, Ind.; and since 1887 has been president of the Consumers' Gas Trust company of that city, where he has attained success as one of the leading lawyers of the state.
Lamb, William
soldier, merchant, statesman, was born Sept. 7, 1835, in Norfolk, Va. He attended the Rappahannock Military academy; the William and Mary college; and in 1855 was valedictorian of his class. During the war he built and commanded Fort Fisher, N. C.; and repulsed Gens. Butler and Porter on Christmas, 1864. He was captured at Fort Fisher, after being desperately wounded, on Jan. 15, 1865. These were the two heaviest naval bombardments in the annals of the war; and the most prolonged hand-to-hand fight during the civil war.
For six years he was mayor of Norfolk; was actively identified with public affairs; presided at both democratic and republican state conventions; and was several times on the presidential electoral ticket.
He engaged in the shipping business and the export of Pocahontas coal, and has attained prominence as a successful merchant.
Lamb, William John
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 24, 1868, in Bell Buckle, Tenn. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Corinth, Miss. He has served with distinction as a member of the Mississippi state legislature.
Lambdin, Alfred Cochran
physician, journalist, author, was born Jan. 29, 1846, in Philadelphia. Since 1875 he has been managing editor of the Philadelphia Times. He is the author of An Account of the Battle of Germantown.
Lambdin, George Cochran
artist, was born in 1830 in Pittsburg, Pa.
He has been especially successful as a painter of still life, particularly flowers.
His works include Dead Wife; Ask Me No More; Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Harrison; and Pink and Yellow Roses.
Lambdin, James R
artist, was born May 10, 1807, in Pittsburg, Pa. He has been professor of fine arts in the university of Pennsylvania; was for twenty-five years an active officer of the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts; and has been president of the Artists' Fund society.
Lambert, Alexander
pianist, composer, was born Nov. 1, 1862, in Poland. He is the author of the following compositions: Ave Maria; Valse Impromptu; and Romanza.
Lambert, John
was born in 1748 in New Jersey. He was governor of New Jersey during the years 1802 and 1803; was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1805 to 1809, and from 1809 to 1815. He was a member of the United States senate; and served many years in the legislature. He died Feb. 4, 1823, in Amwell, N. J.
Lambert, John J
soldier, journalist, was born Jan. 19, 1837, in Ireland. During the civil war he served with distinction in the union army, first as lieutenant, and later as captain of company I, ninth regiment, Iowa volunteer cavalry, until 1866. He afterward was commissioned a second lieutenant in the regular army. Since 1870 he has been editor of The Daily Chieftain of Pueblo, Colo.
In 1890 he was appointed receiver of the United States land office at Pueblo for four years.
LAMBERT, MRS. MARY ELIZA [PE- RINE] [TUCKER], author, poet, was born in 1838 in Alabama. She is a writer of Philadelphia; and the author of Poems; Loew's Bridge, a Broadway Idyl; and Life of Mark Pomeroy.
Lamberton, Robert Alexan- Der
college president, was born April 26, 1824, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1880 he was elected president of the Lehigh university of Pennsylvania. He died Sept. 1,