Erasmus Darwin Peck (September 16, 1808 – December 25, 1876) was a

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from

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from 1870 to 1873.

Biography

Born in

Stafford, Connecticut Stafford is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States, settled in 1719. The population was 11,472 at the 2020 United States Census. The community consists of the downtown area of Stafford Springs and the more rural villages of Cry ...

, Peck attended the common schools of

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and graduated from the medical department of

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in 1829. He moved to

Portage County, Ohio Portage County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,791. Located in Northeast Ohio, Portage County is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland–Akr ...

in 1830 and later to

Perrysburg, Ohio Perrysburg is a city located in Wood County, Ohio, Wood County, Ohio, United States, along the south side of the Maumee River. The population was 25,041 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Part of the Toledo metropolitan area, the city i ...

to practice medicine. He served as member of the

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from 1856 to 1859.

Congress

Peck was elected as a

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to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Truman H. Hoag Truman Harrison Hoag (April 9, 1816 – February 5, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Manlius, New York, Hoag attended the public schools. He moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1832 and was employed as a clerk in a store and late ...

. He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from April 23, 1870, to March 3, 1873. He did not seek renomination in 1872. He practiced medicine in

until his death there December 25, 1876. He is interred in Fort Meigs Cemetery.

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* 1808 births 1876 deaths People from Stafford, Connecticut People from Perrysburg, Ohio Yale School of Medicine alumni Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Physicians from Ohio 19th-century American politicians Burials in Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio {{Ohio-Representative-stub