Lewis B. Sturges
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Lewis Burr Sturges(March 15, 1763 – March 30, 1844) was a member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromConnecticutfrom 1805 to 1817. He was born inFairfield,Connecticut,the son ofJonathan Sturges,who also served in the House.
Sturges graduated fromYale Collegein 1782, engaged in mercantile pursuits inNew Haven,and returned to Fairfield, Conn., in 1786. He served as clerk of the probate court for the district of Fairfield from 1787 to 1791, and was a member of theState house of representativesfrom 1794 to 1803. Sturges was elected as aFederalistto theNinth Congressto fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignations ofCalvin GoddardandRoger Griswold.He was reelected to theTenthand to the four succeeding Congresses and served from September 16, 1805, to March 3, 1817. He later moved toNorwalk, Ohio,where he died in 1844. He is buried in St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard there.
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- United States Congress."Lewis B. Sturges (id: S001048)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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