Lamar Perkins

{{short description|American politician}}

Lamar Perkins (1896–?) was a state legislator in New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/02/13/archives/negro-lauds-lincoln-in-albany-assembly-lamar-perkins-legislator.html|title=NEGRO LAUDS LINCOLN IN ALBANY ASSEMBLY; Lamar Perkins, Legislator From Harlem, Urges Ending of Forces of Misunderstanding.|date=February 13, 1930|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6CnBAAAQBAJ&dq=A.+A.+McMillan+nebraska&pg=PA398|title=The African American Electorate: A Statistical History|first1=Hanes|last1=Walton|first2=Sherman C.|last2=Puckett|first3=Donald R.|last3=Deskins|date=May 1, 2012|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781452234380|via=Google Books}}

He was born in Georgia. He represented Harlem. He was a Republican.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=lamar.perkins+new+york+assembly&pg=PA132|title=The Crisis|first=The Crisis Publishing Company|last=Inc|date=April 5, 1930|publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.|via=Google Books}} His photograph appeared in The Crisis along with other "Black Rulers".