| LC control no. | no 94018888 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lanham, Samuel W. T. (Samuel Willis Tucker), 1846-1908 |
| Variant(s) | Lanham, Mr. (Samuel Willis Tucker), 1846-1908 Lanham, S. W. T. (Samuel Willis Tucker), 1846-1908 |
| See also | Texas. Governor (1903-1907 : Lanham) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Weatherford (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1846-07-04 |
| Death date | 1908-07-29 |
| Place of birth | Spartanburg County (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Weatherford (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Confederate States of America. Army. Kershaw's Brigade United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House Texas. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers Lawyers Legislators Governors |
| Found in | Sarah L. Larimer, 1886?: p. 1 (Mr. Lanham, from the Committee on Claims, House) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Lanham, Samuel Willis Tucker, D. Tex., July 4, 1846-July 29, 1908; House 1883-93, 1897-Jan. 15, 1903; Gov. 1903-07) MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files (usage: Samuel W.T. Lanham, S.W.T. Lanham) Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 24, 2016: (S.W.T. Lanham, Jan. 20, 1903-Jan. 15, 1907; last Confederate soldier to serve as governor of Texas; admitted to the bar, 1869; appointed district attorney, 11th District) Handbook of Texas Online, May 24, 2016: (S.W.T. Lanham, born on July 4, 1846, in Spartanburg District, South Carolina; 1861 joined Confederate Army, Third South Carolina Regiment, Joseph B. Kershaw's brigade; surrendered with his command at Greensboro, N.C.; admitted to bar in Weatherford, 1869; district attorney, 18th District of Texas, 1871-1876; elected to U.S. House of Representatives, Nov. 1882 and served until Mar. 1893; again elected to Congress in 1896, served until Jan. 1903; retired to Weatherford in 1907; died July 29, 1908) |
| Associated language | eng |
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