Preceded by Roscoe Conkling Profession Politician, Lawyer Political party Republican Party Republican Party | Preceded by Thomas C. Platt Role Former U.S. senator Succeeded by William M. Evarts Name Elbridge Lapham Resigned March 3, 1885 | |
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Succeeded by James Wolcott Wadsworth Born October 18, 1814
Farmington, New York ( 1814-10-18 ) Died January 8, 1890, Canandaigua, New York, United States | ||
Previous office Senator (NY) 1881–1885 | ||
Elbridge Gerry Lapham (October 18, 1814 – January 8, 1890) was a U.S. Senator from New York 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.