John Lamb (congressman)
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John Lamb (June 12, 1840 - November 21, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Sussex County, Virginia, Lamb attended a private school. During the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate States Army in Company D, Third Virginia Cavalry. Commanded his company three years. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as sheriff, treasurer, and surveyor of Charles City County.
Lamb was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1913). He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Sixty-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. Superintendent of Battle Abbey, a Confederate memorial institute in Richmond, Virginia, where he died on November 21, 1924. He was interred in Hollywood Cemetery.
