Lucius Q.C. Lamar

1825 -1893

Career: born in Georgia, but served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi after moving there; culminated his career by serving five years on the U.S. Supreme Court. Lamar County created and named in his honor in 1920.

Links:

Biography from U.S. Congress

Lamar County article from New Georgia Encyclopedia (contains portrait of Lamar)

This Day in Georgia History September 17 (see 1825)

Biography from U.S. Supreme Court Media

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