Elbridge Gerry Lapham (October 18, 1814January 8, 1890) was a Republican politician who represented New York in both the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875-1881 and the United States Senate from 1881–1885.

Life

Lapham attended the public schools and the Canandaigua Academy. He studied civil engineering and law and was admitted to the bar in 1844 and practiced in

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. He was a delegate to the

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of 1867-68. He was elected as a Republican to the 44th, 45th, 46th and

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es, holding office from March 4, 1875, to July 29, 1881, when he resigned after his election to the U.S. Senate. He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1876 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against ex-U.S. Secretary of War

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. He was elected as a Republican to the

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on July 22, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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and served to March 4, 1885. He was not a candidate for re-election. He was Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Fish and Fisheries ( 48th Congress). Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Canandaigua. He died at “Glen Gerry,” on Canandaigua Lake, on January 8, 1890, and was buried at the

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in Canandaigua.

Personal life

Lapham is the son of Judge John Lapham (1793–1860) and his wife, Zimroda Smith Lapham (1793–1879). He is a descendant of John Lapham (1677–1734) and his wife, Mary Russell Lapham (1683–1752). His cousins include

Nathan Lapham Nathan Lapham (November 24, 1820 Collins, Erie County, New York – May 1, 1890 Peru, Clinton County, New York) was an American politician from New York. Life He was the son of Joseph Lapham (1786–1851) and Anna (Keese) Lapham (1790–1833). In ...

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and Susan B. Anthony. On July 2, 1844, in

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, he married Jane Frances McBride (1825–1907). They had at least eight children: # Charlotte Lapham (1845-1910) # Ellen Frances Lapham (1850-1926) # Benjamin Franklin Lapham (1852-1907) # Charles Barnard Lapham (1854-1901) # Henry Wager Lapham (1857-1938) # Joanna Louise Lapham (1860-1860) # John R. Lapham (1862-1888) # Elbridge Gerry Lapham Jr. (1866-1921)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lapham, Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry Lapham 1814 births 1890 deaths Politicians from Canandaigua, New York People from Farmington, New York Republican Party United States senators from New York (state) Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century New York (state) politicians 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century United States senators