James Lanman
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James Lanman was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1825. He was a cousin of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Portrait of Lanman by Chester Harding (courtesy Yale University Art Gallery)
Charles J. Lanman
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Charles James Lanman was an American lawyer and politician.
James Lanman
…Congress). Lanman was a judge of the State superior and supreme courts from 1826 to 1829 and the mayor of Norwich from 1831 to 1834 (to which his son Charles succeeded in 1838). Lanman was known as the last Senator to wear a powdered wig, ruffled shirts and knee breeches. His grandson, Charles Lanman, private…
Engraving of his son, Charles Lanman