Sydney Parham Epes (August 20, 1865 – March 3, 1900) was a
U.S. Representative
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James F. Epes
James Fletcher Epes (May 23, 1842 – August 24, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of Sidney Parham Epes.
Biography
Born near Blackstone, Virginia, Epes attended private schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottes ...
and
William Bacon Oliver
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Biography
Born near
Nottoway Court House, Virginia
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Robert T. Thorp
Robert Taylor Thorp (March 12, 1850 – November 26, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
Born near Oxford, North Carolina, Thorp attended Horner Academy, Oxford, North Carolina, and was graduated from the law department ...
, who contested the election.
Epes was elected as a
Democrat
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to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, until his death from peritonitis in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1900. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Virginia.
Elections
*1896; Epes was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Robert Taylor Thorp and Independent Republican J.L. Thorp; however, the election was invalidated and Robert Taylor Thorp was seated.
*1898; Epes was elected again with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Republicans Thorp and Booker Ellis, ColR (?) Thomas L. Jones, and Independent J.H. Beran.