[1][2] After serving as his father's secretary and working in a Weatherford bank, Lanham returned to UT to study law.

He subsequently held jobs at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin and at The Dallas Morning News.

An amateur magician, he wrote two musical comedies with his brother, as well as toured with a stage company in 1907.

During World War I, he spoke at Liberty bond drives, solicited subscriptions for the Red Cross, and entertained troops in camps around Fort Worth.

[1][2] The Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building in Fort Worth, built in 1966, is named in his honor.