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Lambert Tree (1832 – 1910) was a circuit court judge ambassador and patron of the arts. Judge Lambert Tree was a Chicago Circuit Court judge who achieved fame by presiding over the indictment trial and conviction of corrupt City Council members. He lost the 1882 U.S. Senate race by one vote but in 1885 accepted an appointment from President Grover Cleveland as minister to Belgium. He then served the shortest tour less than one month of all U.S.
