Richard Lankford

Richard Lankford
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's5thdistrict
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	Frank Small, Jr.
Succeeded by	Hervey Machen
Member of theMaryland House of Delegates
In office 1948–1954
Personal details
Born	(1914-07-22)July 22, 1914 Wilmington, Delaware,U.S.
Died	September 22, 2003(2003-09-22)(aged 89) Easton, Maryland,U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Richard Estep Lankford(July 22, 1914 – September 22, 2003) represented thefifth districtof the state ofMarylandin theUnited States House of Representativesfor five terms from 1955 to 1965.

Lankford was born inWilmington, Delaware,and attended private schools inBaltimore, Maryland,andAlexandria, Virginia.He received hisB.S.degree from theUniversity of VirginiaatCharlottesvillein 1937, and hisLL.B.degree from theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimorein 1940. He was employed as a lawyer in private practice, and engaged in active management of tobacco and cattle farms.

DuringWorld War II,Lankford served in theUnited States Naval Reservefrom 1942 to 1946. After the war, he was a member of theMaryland House of Delegatesfrom 1948 to 1954, and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the U.S. Congress in 1952.

He served on the Maryland Legislative Council in 1953, and was a delegate to theDemocratic National Conventionof 1956 before being elected to the U.S. Congress in 1954. He served from January 3, 1955, to January 3, 1965, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1964. Lankford did not sign the 1956Southern Manifesto,and voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957and1960,as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,but voted present on theCivil Rights Act of 1964.He died inEaston, Maryland,aged 89.

References

• United States Congress."Richard Lankford (id: L000081)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Retrieved on 2008-01-26

External links

• Richard Estep Lankford papersat theUniversity of Maryland libraries