Lewis Beach

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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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

Electoral history

New York's 14th congressional district election, 1880[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
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New York's 14th congressional district election, 1882[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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New York's 15th congressional district election, 1884[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
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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.[7]

See also

References

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External links

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