| 词条 | Richard Lankford |
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|name = Richard Lankford |image =Richard E Lankford 84th US Congress Photo Portrait.jpg |image_size=180px |district1 = 5th |state1 = Maryland |term_start1 = January 3, 1955 |term_end1 = January 3, 1965 |predecessor1 = Frank Small, Jr. |successor1 = Hervey Machen |office2 = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates |term2 = 1948–1954 |birth_name= |birth_date = {{birth date|1914|7|22}} |birth_place =Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |death_date ={{nowrap|{{death date and age|2003|9|22|1914|7|22}} }} |death_place =Easton, Maryland, U.S. |resting_place = |party = Democratic |alma_mater = |religion = |spouse = |children = }} Richard Estep Lankford (July 22, 1914 – September 22, 2003) represented the fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for five terms from 1955 to 1965. Lankford was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and attended private schools in Baltimore, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1937, and his LL.B. degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1940. He was employed as a lawyer in private practice, and engaged in active management of tobacco and cattle farms. During World War II, Lankford served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946. After the war, he was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 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 the Democratic National Convention of 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. He died in Easton, Maryland, aged 89. See also{{Portal|United States Navy}}References{{CongBio|L000081}} Retrieved on 2008-01-26{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox|state=Maryland |district=5 |before=Frank Small, Jr. |years=1955-1965 |after=Hervey Machen}}{{s-end}}{{USCongRep-start|congresses= 84th–88th United States Congresses |state=Maryland}}{{USCongRep/MD/84}}{{USCongRep/MD/85}}{{USCongRep/MD/86}}{{USCongRep/MD/87}}{{USCongRep/MD/88}}{{USCongRep-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lankford, Richard}}{{Maryland-politician-stub}} 12 : 1914 births|2003 deaths|American naval personnel of World War II|Members of the Maryland House of Delegates|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland|Politicians from Baltimore|People from Wilmington, Delaware|United States Navy sailors|University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni|Maryland Democrats|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|20th-century American politicians |
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