William Lamberth

William Gary Lamberth (born December 5, 1977) is an American politician.[1][2][3][4] He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the forty-fourth district, encompassing parts of Sumner County, Tennessee.[1][2][4]

William Gary Lamberth
Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2019
Preceded by	Glen Casada
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 44th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2013
Preceded by	Mike McDonald
Personal details
Born	(1977-12-05) December 5, 1977 Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lauren Schmidt Lamberth
Children	2
Residence	Cottontown, Tennessee
Alma mater	University of Tennessee (BA) College of William & Mary (JD)

Biography

Early life

He was born on December 5, 1977 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[1] He is a fifth generation resident of Sumner County, Tennessee, and grew up on a farm in Tennessee.[2][4] He attended high school in Portland, Tennessee.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2001 and received a J.D. from the William & Mary School of Law in Williamsburg, Virginia in 2004, where he was elected President of the Student Bar Association.[1][2]

Career

He was an Assistant District Attorney for Sumner County.[3][4] He now practices law as a private attorney in Gallatin, Tennessee.[1][3]

He was elected as state representative for the forty-fourth district Tennessee in 2012, replacing Democratic congressman Mike McDonald.[1][2][3]

He is former president of the Rotary Club of Gallatin, Tennessee and the Sumner County Bar Association, and former treasurer of the Republican Party of Sumner County.[1][2] He is also Chairman of the Portland Community Education Foundation, table host and donor to the Cumberland Crisis Pregnancy Center in Gallatin.[1][2] He also donates to the Middle Tennessee Mission Outreach and regularly goes on Christian missions to Honduras and other regions of the world that are in need of humanitarian relief efforts.[1][2]

In June 2020 he sparked controversy and outrage when he voted on the floor of the Tennessee House of Representatives against a resolution to honor the memory of 17 year old Ashanti Posey. Many saw this as a politically motivated and petty move by Rep. Lamberth. With some lawmakers calling this, "... The most astonishing, outrageous vote."

Personal life

He is married to Lauren Schmidt Lamberth, and has two children, Allison and Pierce.[1][2][4] He is a Baptist.[1][2] He lives in Cottontown, Tennessee with his family.[1][3]

References

1. Tennessee General Assembly
2. Campaign website
3. William Lamberth's victory restores TN District 44 seat to GOP, The Tennessean, November 06, 2012
4. Lamberth '04 Elected to Tennessee State House, William & Mary Law School, November 07, 2012

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/resolution-to-honor-ashanti-posey-fails-protest-arrests-follow