Lucius Q.C. Lamar 1825-1893
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus
Lamar, Library of Congress
On April 25, 1874, Lamar
delivered his speech
On Sumner
and the South in the House of
Representatives. Charles Sumner had died on March 11, 1874.
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Charles Sumner.
Lamar was a Democrat and Mississippi's senator from 1877
until 1885.
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