Elbridge G. Lapham

Elbridge Gerry Lapham
United States Senator from New York
In office October 11, 1881 – March 4, 1885
Preceded by	Roscoe Conkling
Succeeded by	William M. Evarts
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 27th district
In office March 4, 1875 – July 29, 1881
Preceded by	Thomas C. Platt
Succeeded by	James Wolcott Wadsworth
Personal details
Born	October 18, 1814 Farmington, New York
Died	January 8, 1890 (aged 75) Canandaigua, New York
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Elbridge Gerry Lapham (October 18, 1814 – January 8, 1890) was a U.S. Senator from New York 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 Canandaigua, New York.

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867-68. He was elected as a Republican to the 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th United States Congresses, 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 William W. Belknap.

He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on July 22, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roscoe Conkling and served from October 11, 1881, 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 Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua.

References

• Elbridge G. Lapham at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Elbridge G. Lapham at Find a Grave