Lewis Beach

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

Lewis Beach
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New 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, US
Died	August 10, 1886 (1886-08-11) (aged 51) Cornwall, New York, US
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 a U.S. Representative from New York representing two different congressional districts, the fourteenth and the fifteenth. In all, he served three terms in office before his death in 1886.

Biography

Born in New York City, Beach graduated from Yale Law School in 1856.

Career

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

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, Beach was a U. S. Representative for the fourteenth district of New York from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885. He was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress 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 of Cornwall, New York, in 1873.

Electoral history

New York's 14th congressional district election, 1880

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lewis Beach	16,664	49.84
	Republican	Charles T. Pierson	16,134	48.25
	Greenback	Addison J. Clements	590	1.76
	Prohibition	Stephen Merritt	50	0.15
Total votes			18,438	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

New York's 14th congressional district election, 1882

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lewis Beach (incumbent)	13,454	49.98
	Republican	Henry R. Low	12,823	47.64
	Greenback	George W. Pimm	420	1.56
	Prohibition	Isaac Carey	220	0.82
Total votes			26,917	100.00
	Democratic hold

New York's 15th congressional district election, 1884

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lewis Beach (incumbent)	17,728	51.68
	Republican	William W. Snow	15,794	46.04
	Prohibition	Gideon Hall	591	1.72
	Greenback	John Law	191	0.56
Total votes			34,304	100.00
	Democratic hold

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 is interred at 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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress