Lewis Beach

Lewis Beach (March 30, 1835 – August 10, 1886) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York representing two different congressional districts, the fourteenth and the fifteenth.[1] In all, he served three terms in office before his death in 1886.

For the member of the New York State Assembly, see Lewis Beach (born 1828).
Lewis Beach
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1881 – August 10, 1886
Preceded byJohn W. Ferdon
Succeeded byHenry Bacon
Constituency14th district (1881–85)
15th district (1885–86)
Personal details
BornMarch 30, 1835 (1835-03-30)
New York City, New York
DiedAugust 10, 1886 (1886-08-11) (aged 51)
Cornwall, New York
CitizenshipUnited States
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYale Law School
Professionlawyer politician

Biography

Born in New York City, Beach graduated from Yale Law School in 1856.

Career

Beach was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in New York. He moved to Orange County, New York, in 1861, and served as member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee from 1877 to 1879.[2]

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, Beach was a U. S. Representative for the fourteenth district of New York from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885. He was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress for the fifteenth district and served from March 4, 1885, until his death on August 10, 1886.[3] He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Forty-ninth Congress.

He published a history of Cornwall, New York, in 1873.[4]

Death

Beach died, from typhoid fever and Bright's disease, at his home, "Knoll View" in Cornwall, Orange County, New York, on August 10, 1886 (age 51 years, 133 days). He is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Lewis Beach". Find A Grave. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. "Lewis Beach". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. "Lewis Beach". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF YALE UNIVERSITY (PDF). 1887. p. 408.
  5. "Lewis Beach". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 21 August 2013.


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