Background
Lanham, Henderson Lovelace was born on September 14, 1888 in Rome, Georgia, United States. Son of John Henderson and Julia (Thompson) Lanham.
United States representative lawyer politician member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Lanham, Henderson Lovelace was born on September 14, 1888 in Rome, Georgia, United States. Son of John Henderson and Julia (Thompson) Lanham.
He attended the University of Georgia in Athens where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and the Phi Kappa Literary Society. Lanham graduated with an Bachelor of Arts in 1910 and Bachelor of Law degree with honors in 1911.
He also graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1912. Lanham served as the chairman of the board of education in Rome in 1918 and 1919. In 1929, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served until 1933.
Lanham was re-elected to that body in 1937 and served until 1940. He was elected as the solicitor general of Rome judicial circuit from 1941 to 1946. Later in 1946 Lanham was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives and served until he was killed in an automobile accident in 1957 in Rome.
He was buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in that same city. A staunch segregationist, in 1956, Lanham signed "The Southern Manifesto.".
Some people think that involvement in political life is something Christians should avoid. But God is present everywhere, including political institutions.
All Christians need to be familiar with the Bible, that contains a wide variety of literature, including history, law, poetry, gospels, letters, polemic, stories and apocalyptic visions, and try to immerse themselves in lieutenant.
Member 80th to 85th Congresses, 7th Georgia District. Member Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Mason, Odd.
Married Anne White Phinizy, September 1, 1915.