Lewis Beach

For the member of the New York State Assembly, seeLewis Beach (born 1828).

Lewis Beach
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew 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

Lewis Beach(March 30, 1835 – August 10, 1886) was an American politician and aU.S. RepresentativefromNew Yorkrepresenting two different congressional districts, the fourteenth and the fifteenth.In all, he served three terms in office before his death in 1886.

Biography

Born inNew York City,Beach graduated fromYale Law Schoolin 1856.

Career

Beach wasadmitted to the barin 1856 and commenced practice in New York. He moved toOrange County, New York,in 1861, and served as member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee from 1877 to 1879.

Elected as aDemocratto theForty-seventhandForty-eighthCongresses, Beach was aU. S. Representativefor the fourteenth district of New York from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885. He was elected to theForty-ninthCongress for the fifteenth district and served from March 4, 1885, until his death on August 10, 1886.He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Forty-ninth Congress.

He published a history ofCornwall, New York,in 1873.

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 isinterredat Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

See also

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

External links

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

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