. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Taken only five years after Ms Eulogy of Sumner, this photograph preserves the noble features of Lamar as hestood before the House of Representatives in 1S7+. lie was horn in Georgia in 1825, studied at Emory College inthat State, graduating at twenty; ami soon began I he practice of law. In a few years he moved to Oxford, Missis-sippi, where he became a professor of mathematics in the State University, and continued his legal practice. Hisreputation as a speaker date
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Taken only five years after Ms Eulogy of Sumner, this photograph preserves the noble features of Lamar as hestood before the House of Representatives in 1S7+. lie was horn in Georgia in 1825, studied at Emory College inthat State, graduating at twenty; ami soon began I he practice of law. In a few years he moved to Oxford, Missis-sippi, where he became a professor of mathematics in the State University, and continued his legal practice. Hisreputation as a speaker dates from 1851, when he met Senator Foote in joint debate ami was borne from the plat-form in triumph by the students of the University. Six years later he went to (Congress from that distriet. Duringthe war he served in the army until his health gave way, when he was sent as eommissioner to Russia. In IN?- liewas elected to < longress Two years later, he was the best known Southerner in Washington because of his Eu-logy of Sumner. From 1ST to 1885 he represented Mississippi in the Senate. In he became Secretary oft
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