Lancelot Phelps

Lancelot Phelps (born November 9, 1784 in Windsor , Hartford County , Connecticut , †  September 1, 1866 in Colebrook , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of ten, Lancelot Phelps came to Colebrook with his father. There he attended public schools. After studying medicine, he began practicing as a doctor in Colebrook. He was also active in agriculture and commerce in what is now Riverton . Between 1817 and 1830 Phelps was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . In the 1820s he joined the later President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him in 1828 .

In the congressional elections of 1834, which were held for the last time nationwide, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fifth mandate from Connecticut . There he took over from Ebenezer Jackson on March 4, 1835 . Phelps was confirmed in his mandate in the congressional elections held for the first time by constituency in 1836. So he was able to complete two consecutive legislative periods in Congress by March 3, 1839 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives ended, Lancelot Phelps withdrew from politics. He died on September 1, 1866 in Colebrook. His son James (1822-1900) also represented Connecticut in Congress between 1875 and 1883.

Web links

• Lancelot Phelps in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lancelot Phelps in the database of Find a Grave (English)