Alfred W. Lamb Explained

Alfred W. Lamb
State:Missouri
Term Start:March 4, 1853
Term End:March 3, 1855
Predecessor:Gilchrist Porter
Successor:Gilchrist Porter
Birth Name:Alfred William Lamb
Birth Date:18 March 1824
Birth Place:Stamford, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.
Resting Place:Riverside Cemetery
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Marion College
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Alfred William Lamb (March 18, 1824 – April 29, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Stamford, New York, Lamb moved with his parents to Ralls County, Missouri in 1836. He attended Marion College in Ely, Missouri. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Hannibal, Missouri.

Lamb was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 and resumed the practice of law.

He died in Hannibal, Missouri and was interred in Riverside Cemetery.