Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.

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Lemuel Phillips Padgett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district
In office March 4, 1901 – August 2, 1922
Preceded by	Nicholas N. Cox
Succeeded by	Clarence W. Turner
Member of the Tennessee Senate
In office 1899–1901
Personal details
Born	November 28, 1855 (1855-11-28) Columbia, Tennessee
Died	August 2, 1922 (1922-08-03) (aged 66) Washington, D.C.
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Ida B. Latta Padgett
Alma mater	Erskine College
Profession	Attorney politician

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Born in Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County, Padgett was the son of John B. and Rebecca Ophelia (Phillips) Padgett. He attended the private schools in that county and graduated from Erskine College at Due West, South Carolina, in 1876. Having begun the study of law in September 1876, he was admitted to the bar in March 1877.^[1]

Padgett began to practice law in Columbia, Tennessee, in January 1879 and he married Ida B. Latta on November 11, 1880. He was a Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1884, and a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1899 to 1901.

Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and the ten succeeding Congresses, Padgett served from March 4, 1901, until his death.^[2] During the Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs. A thorough and studious man, he took his job seriously. He became like a walking encyclopedia about all things naval.^[3]

Padgett died in Washington, D.C., on August 2, 1922 (age 66 years, 247 days). He is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Tennessee.^[4]

• Politics of the United States
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)