Menalcus Lankford
Mack Lankford | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Joseph T. Deal |
Succeeded by | District abolished Colgate Darden after district re-established in 1935 |
Personal details | |
Born | Menalcus Lankford March 14, 1883 Bowers Plantation, Franklin, Southampton County, Virginia |
Died | December 27, 1937 Norfolk, Virginia | (aged 54)
Resting place | Forest Lawn cemetery, Norfolk |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Nancy Waddill |
Alma mater | University of Richmond University of Virginia School of Law |
Profession | lawyer |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy aviation |
Rank | Ensign |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Menalcus ("Mack") Lankford (March 14, 1883 – December 27, 1937) was a Virginia lawyer, naval aviator and Republican politician who served two terms as U.S. Representative from Virginia's 2nd congressional district, whose largest city is Norfolk.[1][2]
Early and family life
Born in 1883 on the Bowers plantation near
In 1909 Lankford married Nancy Waddill, one of the daughter of Congressman and judge Edmund Waddill Jr., and granddaughter of Edmund Waddill, who served as clerk of the Charles City County circuit court for decades.
Career
After admission to the Virginia bar the same year, Lankford began his legal practice in Norfolk, Virginia. During the First World War, he served as an ensign in the aviation service of the United States Navy.
Returning to Norfolk, Lankford attempted to revitalize the Republican party in Tidewater Virginia. He ran for Congress in both 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress and in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress, but lost.
Lankford won election as a
Following Lankford's at-large election loss, President Hoover appointed Lankford Referee in Bankruptcy of the Norfolk division, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. He served until his death, reporting to District Judge Way, whom he had sponsored.
Death and legacy
Lankford died at his Norfolk home of a heart attack, aged 54, on December 27, 1937. Following a very-well-attended funeral in his Baptist church,[2] he was interred in Norfolk's historic Forest Lawn Cemetery.[4]
Electoral history
- 1928; Lankford was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives defeating Democrat Joseph T. Deal and Independent E.L. Breden, winning 55.89% of the vote.
- 1930; Lankford was re-elected defeating Democrat Deal, winning 54.41% of the vote.
- 1932; Lankford was defeated for re-election by the at-large Democratic ticket.
References
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- United States Congress. "Menalcus Lankford (id: L000080)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ a b Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1938.
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- ^ "Forest Lawn Cemetery Burials". historicforrest.com. Retrieved 2020-02-20.