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]

Lewis Beach
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1881 – August 10, 1886
Preceded by	John W. Ferdon
Succeeded by	Henry Bacon
Constituency	14th district (1881–85) 15th district (1885–86)
Personal details
Born	March 30, 1835 (1835-03-30) New York City, New York
Died	August 10, 1886 (1886-08-11) (aged 51) Cornwall, New York
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Yale Law School
Profession	lawyer politician

Biography

Born in New York City, New York Beach was graduated from the 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

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

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.

External links

• United States Congress. "Lewis Beach (id: B000263)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John W. Ferdon	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th congressional district March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	Succeeded by William G. Stahlnecker
Preceded by John H. Bagley, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886 (death)	Succeeded by Henry Bacon

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