Lambing, Andrew Arnold – Landry, J. Aristide
Lambing, Andrew Arnold
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 1, 1842, in Manorville, Pa. He has filled pastorates in the Roman catholic churches of Pittsburg, Pa. He is the author of The Sunday School Teacher's Manual; The Orphan's Friend; The Sacramental of the Holy Catholic Church; History of Allegheny County, Pa.; and numerous other works.
Lamborn, Emma Taylor
poet. She is a writer of St. Paul, Minn.; and the author of a volume entitled Book of Sonnets.
Lamison, Charles N
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1820 in Columbia county, Pa. He was prosecuting attorney for Allen county, Ohio, one year by appointment, and four years by election. He raised a company in 1861 and entered the army as captain in the twentieth volunteers. He was afterwards major of the eighty-first volunteer infantry. He was elected to the fortysecond and forty-third congresses as a democrat.
Lamon, Ward Hill
lawyer, author.
He is an Illinois lawyer, law partner of Abraham Lincoln; and the author of Recollections of Abraham Lincoln; and Life of Abraham, Lincoln.
Lamont, Daniel Scott
cabinet officer, was born Feb. 9, 1851, in Cortlandville, N. Y. From 1883 until 1885 he was private secretary to the governor of New York, and from the latter date to 1889 acted in the same capacity to the president of the United States. On the re-election of Mr. Cleveland to the presidency he became, in 1893, a member of his cabinet, filling the place of secretary of war.
Lamont, George D
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1823 in Western New York.
In 1862 he was appointed United States judge for the provisional court of Louisiana. In 1871 he was elected a judge of the supreme court of New York for fourteen years. He died Jan. 15, 1876, in Lockport, N. Y.
Lamoreux, Silas Wright
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born in 1842, in Madison county, N. Y. He was president of the Mayville Exchange bank for four years; and county judge for sixteen years.
He served as a member of the Wisconsin legislature for one term; and for four years was commissioner of the general land office.
Lamport, William H
congressman, was born May 27, 1811, in Pittstown, N. Y. He was elected to the assembly of New York in 1854; and was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses.
Lampson, Elbert L
lawyer, statesman, was born July 30, 1852, in Windsor, Ohio. He served twice as a member of the Ohio house of representatives; was speaker of the house; state senator, and president of the senate. He has filled the office of lieutenant-governor of Ohio.
Lamson, Alvan
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 18, 1792, in Weston, Mass.
He was a unitarian clergyman of Dedham, Mass., in 1818-60; and the author of History of the First Church in Dedham; Sermons; and The Church of the First Three Centuries. He died July 17, 1864, in Dedham, Mass.
Lamson, Daniel Lowell
physician, author, was born June 18, 1834, in Hopkinton, Mass. He was a physician of Fryeburg, Maine; and the author of Lectures; and Differential Diagnosis of Diseases. LAMSON, MRS. MARY [SWIFT], educator, author, was born in 1822, in Massachusetts. She was for five years a teacher of Laura Bridgman, the noted blind deaf mute, and for three years in entire charge of her education. She was the author of Life and Education of Laura Dewey Bridgman.
Lancaster, Columbia
congressman. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Washington during the years 1854 and 1855.
Lancaster, Joseph
educator, author, was born Nov. 25, 1778, in London, England. He was the author of The British System of Education. He died Oct. 24, 1838, in New York.
Lance, William
lawyer, author, was born in 1791, in Charleston, S. C. He was a lawyer and political writer of Charleston, who published a Life of Washington in Latin. He died in 1840, in Texas.
Land, Max Emmel
lawyer, was born April 3, 1872, in Maple Brook, Ga. He attended the public schools, Jackson institute, the Georgia Military and Agricultural college; and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He has served as prosecuting attorney for Wilcox county; is a member of the democratic executive committee of that county; and city attorney of Abbeville, Ga.
Lander, Edward
lawyer, jurist. He was appointed chief justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington in 1853.
Lander, Frederick William
soldier, was born Dec. 17, 1821, in Salem, Mass. He served with distinction throughout the civil war, and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He wrote many stirring patriotic poems on incidents of the campaign. He was a gallant soldier, and took part in many of the most desperate battles of the civil war.
He died March 2, 1862, in Paw Paw, Va.
Lander, Jean Margaret Daven- Port
actress, was born May 3, 1829, in England. Her best character was that of Queen Elizabeth. Her last appearance was in Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter at the Boston theater.
Lander, Louisa
sculptor, was born Sept. 1, 1826, in Salem, Mass. Among her works are a bust of Governor Gore of Massachusetts; a bust of Hawthorne; and a statuette of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America.
Lander, Sarah West
author, was born Nov. 27, 1819, in Salem, Mass. She was a writer of Salem, Mass., whose Spectacles for Young Eyes, a series of volumes of travel, was very popular. She died Nov. 15, 1872, in Salem, Mass.
Landers, Franklin
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born March 22, 1825, in Morgan county, Ind.
In 1860 he was elected state senator; and in 1874 was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress from Indiana.
Landers, G. M
manufacturer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 22, 1813, in Lenox, Mass. He was a representative in the Connecticut state legislature in 1851, 1867, and 1874; was state senator in 1853, 1869, and 1873; and was appointed bank commissioner for Connecticut in 1875. He was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress; and re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Landes, Silas Z
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 15, 1842, in Augusta county, Va. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Illinois to the fortyninth congress, and re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat. In 1891 he was elected for six years judge of the circuit court of Illinois.
Landis, Charles B
journalist, congressman, was born July 9, 1858, in Millville, Ohio. He served for four years from 1883 to 1887 as editor of the Logansport Journal of Indiana; and at the time of his nomination to congress was the editor of the Delphi Journal. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Landis, John H
legislator, was born Jan. 31, 1853, in Lancaster county, Pa.
He received his education in the common schools, at the county lyceums, and the Millersville State Normal school. During 1878-84 he was a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives; supervisor of census in 1890; and served with distinction in the Pennsylvania state senate during 1892-96. He was a presidential elector in 1896; and since 1891 has been secretary of the Farmers' Protective Tariff league of Pennsylvania.
Landon, Judson Stuart
lawyer, author, was born in 1832, in Connecticut.
He is a lawyer of Schenectady, justice of the supreme court of the state of New York and lecturer in the Albany Law school. He is the author of The Constitutional History and Government of the United States.
Landon, Melville De Lancey
lecturer, author, was born in 1839, in New York. He is a popular humorous lecturer; and the author of The Franco-Prussian War in a Nutshell; Saratoga in 1901; Eli Perkins at Large; Eli Perkins's Wit, Humor, and Pathos; Fun and Fact, Thirty Years of Wit; and Money: Silver, Gold, or Bimetallism.
Landram, John James
soldier, state senator, was born Nov. 16, 1826, in Warsaw, Ky. At the opening of the civil war he aided in recruiting and organizing for the national government the eighteenth Kentucky regiment, of which he became lieutenant-colonel. He was elected to the Kentucky state senate in 1863.
Landrum, John M
lawyer, congressman, was born July 3, 1815, in Edgefield district, S. C. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the thirtysixth congress; and resigned in 1861.
Landrum, Richard H
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born May 31, 1834, in Jefferson county, Tenn. He served with distinction through the civil war; and served for a time as adjutant of the seventysixth Missouri regiment. Since 1870 he has practiced law in Mt. Vernon, Mo.; has been justice of the peace; judge of the county court, and also of the probate court and the court of common pleas. He served with distinction as a member of the thirty-seventh Missouri general assembly; and in 1894 was elected a member of the state senate.
Landry, J. Aristide
congressman, was born in Louisiana. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.