Lucius Q. C. Lamar

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Lamar County was named for Putnam County native Lucius Q. C. Lamar, who was elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi in 1876 and later became secretary of the interior.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Lucius Q. C. Lamar

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