Lancelot Phelps
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He was the father of James Phelps who was also a United States Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
He was born in Windsor, Connecticut, before moving with his family to Colebrook, Connecticut, in 1794. He attended the common schools and the studied medicine and commenced practice in Colebrook, Connecticut. He also engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Riverton, Connecticut. Later, he returned to Colebrook.
Political career
Phelps held various local offices. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1817, 1819–1821, 1824, 1827, 1828, and 1830. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839).
Death and burial
He died in Colebrook, Connecticut, in 1866 and was buried in Center Cemetery, Winsted, Connecticut.
Footnotes
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- 1784 births
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- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
- 19th-century Connecticut politicians
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives