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Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham

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Front St, N Mill St, Weatherford, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 45' 46.04533999992", -97° 47' 20.85531"
 
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    S.W.T. Lanham was born on July 4, 1846 to James and Louisa (Tucker) Lanham in South Carolina. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861, serving in the Third South Carolina Infantry, and was wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, 1864. He wed Sarah Meng in 1866, and they moved to north Texas, relocating in 1868 to Weatherford, where he became a lawyer. He gained notoriety as a district attorney in the Warren Wagontrain Raid cases, and he served five terms as U.S. Congressman between 1882 and 1903. He began his first of two terms as Governor in 1902. Lanham retired to Weatherford in 1907 and served as a University of Texas regent. He died in 1908. (2006)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham Historical Marker Location Map, Weatherford, Texas

 
   
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