Menalcus Lankford
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Menalcus Lankford was a U.S. Representative
from Virginia
.
Born on the Bowers plantation near Franklin, Virginia
, Lankford attended public and private schools and the Norfolk High School.
He was graduated from the University of Richmond
in 1904, and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1906.
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Norfolk, Virginia
.
During the First World War served as an ensign in the aviation service of the United States Navy
.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress and in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.
Lankford was elected as a Republican
to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1932 and 1936.
He was appointed Referee in Bankruptcy
in 1933 of the Norfolk division, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, and served until his death in Norfolk, Virginia
, December 27, 1937.
He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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Born on the Bowers plantation near Franklin, Virginia
Franklin, Virginia
Franklin is an independent city in Virginia. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Franklin with Southampton county for statistical purposes. The population was 8,582 in 2010.-History:...
, Lankford attended public and private schools and the Norfolk High School.
He was graduated from the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
in 1904, and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1906.
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
.
During the First World War served as an ensign in the aviation service of the United States Navy
United States Navy
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He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress and in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.
Lankford was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1932 and 1936.
He was appointed Referee in Bankruptcy
Referee in Bankruptcy
A Referee in Bankruptcy or Bankruptcy Referee is a federal official with quasi-judicial powers, appointed by a United States district court to administer bankruptcy proceedings...
in 1933 of the Norfolk division, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, and served until his death in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
, December 27, 1937.
He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery.