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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 8 (Lafayette and Tate counties)
| term_start=January 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Larry J. Baker
| succeeded=
| birth_date=Auust 5, 1980
| birth_place=[[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jill Anthony Lamar
| children=Ford and John Lamar
| alma_mater=Magnolia Heights School<br>
[[University of Mississippi]]<br>
Mississippi College School of Law<br>
[[Washington University]]<br>
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| residence=Senatobia, Tate County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''John Thomas Lamar, III''', known as '''Trey Lamar''' (born August 5, 1980), is a [[lawyer]] from Senatobia, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 8, which encompasses Lafayette and Tate counties in the northwestern portion of the state.<ref name=treyl>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/lamar.xml|title=John Thomas "Trey" Lamar|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Lamar was born in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and graduated from the private Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate/Management. He obtained his law degree in 2007 from the Mississippi College School of Law in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. He has been an attorney for the firm Lamar & Hannaford since 2007. In 2008, he received an LLM in Taxation from the private [[Washington University]] Law School in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. He is a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Senatobia. He is married to the former Jill Anthony; the couple has two sons, Ford and John Lamar.<ref name=treyl/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130266/trey-lamar-iii#.WdzqprpFzb0|title=Trey Lamar III's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Lamar ran without opposition in both the 2011 and 2015 elections for his first two terms in the legislature. He succeeded fellow Republican Larry J. Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Mississippi Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Lamar serves on these House committees: (1) Ways and Means (vice chairman), (2) County Affairs, and (3) Judiciary A.<ref name=treyl/> In 2013, Lamar voted to make the office of state superintendent of education appointed, but the majority voted to keep the office elected. In 2014, he supported a teacher pay hike. That same year, Lamar voted to ban [[abortion]]s after twenty weeks of gestation and in 2015 to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the loss of the unborn child. He opposed an amendment to exempt pregnancies resulting from [[rape]] or [[incest]] from the 20-week limit. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130266/trey-lamar-iii#.WdzttLpFzb0|title=Trey Lamar's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Tennessee]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 8 (Lafayette and Tate counties)
| term_start=January 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Larry J. Baker
| succeeded=
| birth_date=Auust 5, 1980
| birth_place=[[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jill Anthony Lamar
| children=Ford and John Lamar
| alma_mater=Magnolia Heights School<br>
[[University of Mississippi]]<br>
Mississippi College School of Law<br>
[[Washington University]]<br>
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| residence=Senatobia, Tate County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''John Thomas Lamar, III''', known as '''Trey Lamar''' (born August 5, 1980), is a [[lawyer]] from Senatobia, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 8, which encompasses Lafayette and Tate counties in the northwestern portion of the state.<ref name=treyl>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/lamar.xml|title=John Thomas "Trey" Lamar|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Lamar was born in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and graduated from the private Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate/Management. He obtained his law degree in 2007 from the Mississippi College School of Law in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. He has been an attorney for the firm Lamar & Hannaford since 2007. In 2008, he received an LLM in Taxation from the private [[Washington University]] Law School in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. He is a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Senatobia. He is married to the former Jill Anthony; the couple has two sons, Ford and John Lamar.<ref name=treyl/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130266/trey-lamar-iii#.WdzqprpFzb0|title=Trey Lamar III's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
Lamar ran without opposition in both the 2011 and 2015 elections for his first two terms in the legislature. He succeeded fellow Republican Larry J. Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Mississippi Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Lamar serves on these House committees: (1) Ways and Means (vice chairman), (2) County Affairs, and (3) Judiciary A.<ref name=treyl/> In 2013, Lamar voted to make the office of state superintendent of education appointed, but the majority voted to keep the office elected. In 2014, he supported a teacher pay hike. That same year, Lamar voted to ban [[abortion]]s after twenty weeks of gestation and in 2015 to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the loss of the unborn child. He opposed an amendment to exempt pregnancies resulting from [[rape]] or [[incest]] from the 20-week limit. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130266/trey-lamar-iii#.WdzttLpFzb0|title=Trey Lamar's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamar, Trey}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Tennessee]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]