Life of L. Q. C. Lamar

By any measure, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was Mississippi’s most important statesman of the 19th century and certainly one of the state’s most distinguished statesmen into the present. The National Park Service recognized the influential role Lamar played during a critical period of U.S. history by declaring his house a National Historic Landmark in 1975. What makes this Southern statesman stand out from other Southerners influential during the Civil War era was the extent of his involvement in national affairs both before and after the war.

Download a PDF version of the Life of L.Q.C. Lamar Timeline.