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Samuel W.T. Lanham

Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham
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23rd Governor of Texas
In office
January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907
Lieutenant George D. Neal
Preceded by Joseph D. Sayers
Succeeded by Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1897 – January 15, 1903
Preceded by Charles K. Bell
Succeeded by Thomas H. Ball
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by William H. Crain
Personal details
Born July 4, 1846
South Carolina
Died July 29, 1908 (aged 62)
Texas
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Profession politician, lawyer

Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (July 4, 1846 – July 29, 1908), was the 23rd Governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to winning election as governor, he served two periods in the US House of Representatives. He served five terms from the 11th District (which covered a vast area of West Texas) then ran for governor, losing in his first attempt. When he returned to Congress, it was in the Eighth District, where he served 4 terms.

Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham was born in 1846 in South Carolina to James Madison and Louisa de Aubrey (Tucker) Lanham in Spartanburg District (now County), South Carolina, and named for his maternal grandfather, Samuel Willis Tucker. When the Civil War began, Lanham volunteered for the Confederate States Army, despite the fact that he was only fifteen years old. He fought primarily in Virginia, was wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and after hostilities ended he married. He and his wife settled in Weatherford, Texas, where he worked and studied law.

Shortly after he was admitted to the bar in 1869, Lanham was appointed district attorney. His most famous case was the prosecution of Satanta and Big Tree, Kiowa chiefs who had led the Warren Wagon Train Raid in 1871.

In 1882, Lanham was elected to Congress for the 11th district, where he served for a decade. He ran for the governorship in 1894, losing in the primary to Charles Allen Culberson but then returned to Congress for six more years, representing the 8th district. His administration saw the founding of Southwest Texas State Normal School (now Texas State University–San Marcos).


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