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Walter Lambeth

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Walter Lambeth
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byRobert L. Doughton
Succeeded byWilliam O. Burgin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byHinton James
Succeeded byJ. Bayard Clark
Mayor of Thomasville, North Carolina
In office
1925–1929
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office
1921
Personal details
Born
John Walter Lambeth

(1896-01-10)January 10, 1896
Thomasville, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJanuary 12, 1961(1961-01-12) (aged 65)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeCity Cemetery, Thomasville, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materTrinity College
Harvard University
ProfessionPolitician
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1918–1919
RankSergeant
Battles/warsWorld War I

John Walter Lambeth (January 10, 1896 – January 12, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Born in Thomasville, North Carolina, Lambeth attended local public schools. He graduated from Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, North Carolina, in 1916, and later attended Harvard. He joined the Army on January 15, 1918, and saw service in Europe during the remainder of the First World War. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant on July 26, 1919.

Lambeth worked in furniture manufacturing between 1919 and 1930, was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1921, and was mayor of Thomasville from 1925 to 1929. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress in 1930 and was re-elected three times before declining nomination in 1938.

He died in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 1961, and is interred in the City Cemetery in Thomasville.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Walter Lambeth (id: L000038)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 7th congressional district

1931–1933
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 8th congressional district

1933–1939
Succeeded by