John Basil Lamar

John Basil Lamar
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's At-large district
In office
March 4, 1843 – July 29, 1843
Preceded by Thomas Butler King
Succeeded by Absalom Harris Chappell
Personal details
Born November 5, 1812
Milledgeville, Georgia
Died September 15, 1862(1862-09-15) (aged 49)
Crampton's Gap, Maryland
Resting place Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
Nationality  United States
Political party Democrat Confederate States of America
Alma mater Franklin College
Occupation Farmer
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
Battles/wars

American Civil War

John Basil Lamar (November 5, 1812 – September 15, 1862) was an American politician, lawyer, and planter.

Biography

Lamar was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. He attended the Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, beginning in 1827 but did not graduate. In 1830, he moved to a plantation near Macon, Georgia, and became a successful planter. He owned holdings in fourteen Georgia counties and in Florida. In 1837 and 1838, Lamar served in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was elected in 1842 to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives during the 28th Congress; however, his service was brief as he resigned and left office on July 29, 1843, after taking office only months before on March 4, 1843.[1]

After his resignation in 1843, Lamar returned to his agricultural pursuits. In 1851, some of literary work was published in Polly Peablossom's Wedding (1851), edited by T. A. Burke. He has and had a significant reputation for his humorous writings, and was a founder and practitioner of both the school of Realism in America and genre of Southern Humor. From 1855 to 1858, he served on the UGA board of trustees and served at the state convention which passed the Ordinance of Secession in 1861.[2]

During the American Civil War, Lamar served an aide to Confederate States Army General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend.[3] He was wounded during Battle of Crampton's Gap Maryland trying to rally Cobb's Brigade. He died within a day on September 15, 1862. After temporary burial in Charles Town, Virginia, he was later reinterred in Macon's Rose Hill Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Lamar Coughlin, "Those Southern Lamars" ISBN 0-7388-2410-0
  2. ↑ Thomas Lamar Coughlin, "Those Southern Lamars" ISBN 0-7388-2410-0
  3. ↑ Thomas Lamar Coughlin, "Those Southern Lamars" ISBN 0-7388-2410-0

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Thomas Butler King		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's at-large congressional district
March 4, 1843 – July 29, 1843. 		Succeeded by
Absalom Harris Chappell
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