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Lewis Beach (March 30, 1835 – August 10, 1886) was an American politician and a
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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
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, Beach graduated from
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in 1856.


Career

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


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
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at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.


See also

* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beach, Lewis 1835 births 1886 deaths Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Yale Law School alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Cornwall, New York 19th-century American politicians Politicians from New York City Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)