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Lewis Riggs

American politician (1789–1870)

Summary

American politician (1789–1870)

Field	Value
name	Lewis Riggs
state	New York
district
term_start	March 4, 1841
term_end	March 3, 1843
predecessor	Amasa Dana
succeeded	Seat eliminated
birth_date
birth_place	Norfolk, Connecticut, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Homer, New York, U.S.
resting_place	Glenwood Cemetery
party	Democratic
occupation	Politician, physician

Lewis Riggs (January 16, 1789 – November 6, 1870) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from New York from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in Norfolk, Connecticut, Riggs attended the common schools and schools of Latin and Greek. He was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade.

He studied medicine in the village of Torringford, Connecticut, and received his diploma in May 1812. He also attended medical lectures given by Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1812. Practiced in East Winsted, Connecticut. He moved to Vernon, New York, in 1813 and later to Homer, New York, continuously practicing his profession.

Political career

He also engaged in business as a retail druggist and in 1828 in the sale of dry goods. He served as secretary of the Cortland County Medical Society 1820–1823 and as president in 1825 and 1826. He was appointed postmaster of Homer by President Jackson on April 25, 1829, and served until August 7, 1839.

Congress

He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of medicine. Also operated a flour mill.

He died in Homer, New York, November 6, 1870. He was interred in Glenwood Cemetery.

Sources

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