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Elbridge G. Lapham

American politician (1814–1890)

Field	Value
name	Elbridge G. Lapham
image	Elbridge G. Lapham - Brady-Handy.jpg
caption	Lapham, 1865–1880
jr/sr1	United States Senator
state1	New York
party	Republican
term1	August 2, 1881 – March 4, 1885
preceded1	Roscoe Conkling
succeeded1	William M. Evarts
state2	New York
district2	27th
term_start2	March 4, 1875
term_end2	July 29, 1881
preceded2	Thomas C. Platt
succeeded2	James Wolcott Wadsworth
birth_date
birth_place	Farmington, New York
death_date
death_place	Canandaigua, New York
profession	Politician, Lawyer
religion
footnotes

|jr/sr1=United States Senator

Elbridge Gerry Lapham (October 18, 1814January 8, 1890) was a Republican politician who represented New York in both the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875–1881 and the United States Senate 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 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.

Personal life

Lapham is the son of Judge John Lapham (1793–1860) and his wife, Zimroda Smith Lapham (1793–1879). He is a descendant of John Lapham (1677–1734) and his wife, Mary Russell Lapham (1683–1752). His cousins include Nathan Lapham, Christopher Lloyd and Susan B. Anthony.

On July 2, 1844, in Clifton Springs, New York, he married Jane Frances McBride (1825–1907). They had at least eight children:

Charlotte Lapham (1845-1910)
Ellen Frances Lapham (1850-1926)
Benjamin Franklin Lapham (1852-1907)
Charles Barnard Lapham (1854-1901)
Henry Wager Lapham (1857-1938)
Joanna Louise Lapham (1860-1860)
John R. Lapham (1862-1888)
Elbridge Gerry Lapham Jr. (1866-1921)

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