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L. Q. C. Lamar House, 616 North Fourteenth St Oxford, Lafayette County, MS
From about 1868 to 1888, this was the home of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi statesman. In 1861, Lamar resigned his seat in Congress and drafted the Mississippi Secession Ordinance. During the war, he served the Confederacy as a soldier and diplomat; afterward, he was a leading Southern spokesman for reconciliation during Reconstruction. Exponent of Southern industrial progress and leader of the "New South" movement, late in his career Lamar served in the U.S. Senate, as Secretary of the Interior, and on the Supreme Court.
L. Q. C. Lamar House, 616 North Fourteenth St Oxford, Lafayette County, MS
From about 1868 to 1888, this was the home of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi statesman. In 1861, Lamar resigned his seat in Congress and drafted the Mississippi Secession Ordinance. During the war, he served the Confederacy as a soldier and diplomat; afterward, he was a leading Southern spokesman for reconciliation during Reconstruction. Exponent of Southern industrial progress and leader of the "New South" movement, late in his career Lamar served in the U.S. Senate, as Secretary of the Interior, and on the Supreme Court.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
