- Robert Eneas Lamberton
Robert Eneas Lamberton (
September 14 1886 -August 22 1941 ) was a U.S. Republicanpolitician who served asmayor of Philadelphia from 1940 to 1941.He was born in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , and ran an unsuccessful campaign forGovernor of Pennsylvania in 1934. He ran successfully for Philadelphia mayor againstRobert C. White , a Democrat, garnering 398,384 votes to White's 361,143.Lamberton died in office, and
Bernard Samuel became acting mayor upon his death. Several years later, a school was named after him in Philadelphia'sOverbrook Park section.The school has been called Robert E. Lamberton Public School, Lamberton Public School, Robert E. Lamberton High School, Robert E. Lamberton Eastern Early College High School, and Lamberton High School.
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