Henry Lamm (December 3, 1846 – May 23, 1926)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1905 to 1914.[3]
Early life, education, and career
editBorn in Burbank, Wayne County, Ohio, Lamm attended the common school of Burbank and Western College in Iowa before receiving a degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1869.[1] He then moved to Sedalia, Missouri, where he remain for his lifetime. He taught school while reading law, and obtained employment as a deputy in the clerk's office of Pettis County, Missouri. When the county clerk resigned a few months later, Lamm was appointed to serve the remainder of that term.
Judicial service and gubernatorial campaign
editIn 1904, he received the Republican nomination for a seat on the state supreme court, thereafter winning the general election. Lamm announced his retirement from the court on December 29, 1914, shortly after his 68th birthday.[4]
He was the Republican candidate for governor in the 1916 campaign and though he ran ahead of the ticket, he was defeated by Frederick D. Gardner in a Democratic landslide election. Lamm resisted efforts to persuade him to run for the office again in 1920, instead backing Arthur M. Hyde, who won the nomination and the election.[2]
Personal life and death
editOn June 18, 1874, Lamm married Grace Adela Rose, with whom he had six children.[2] Lamm died in Sedalia, after a period of illness, at the age of 79.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Judge Henry Lamm, Veteran Jurist of Missouri, Is Dead", Springfield Leader and Press (May 24, 1926), p. 4.
- ^ a b c d "Judge Henry Lamm Died at Sedalia Last Sunday", The King City Chronicle (May 28, 1926), p. 7.
- ^ "Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.courts.mo.gov.
- ^ "Chief Justice Retires", The Springfield News-Leader (December 30, 1914), p. 5.
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