Lemuel E. Quigg

Lemuel Ely Quigg (born February 12, 1863 in Chestertown , Maryland , † July 1, 1919 in New York City ) was an American journalist, lawyer and politician . Between 1894 and 1899 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lemuel Ely Quigg was born near Chestertown, Kent County , during the Civil War . He attended public schools in Wilmington ( Delaware ). In 1880 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a journalist. He published the Flushing Times in 1883 and 1884 . Between 1884 and 1894 he was part of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune . In 1895 he held the post of editor in chief of the New York Press . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

Quigg was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election on January 30, 1894 in the 14th constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John R. Fellows . In the regular congressional election of 1894 , he was elected to the 44th Congress . After re-election to the 45th Congress he suffered in 1898 a defeat in his renewed candidacy and retired after the March 3, 1899 Congress of. As a congressman, he chaired the Department of State's Committee on Expenditures .

He was chairman of the Republican State Convention in 1896 and 1902, respectively . As a delegate he took part in the Republican National Conventions in 1896, 1900 and 1904 . Between 1896 and 1900 he was President of the Republican County Committee . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1903. He participated in 1915 as a delegate to the New York Constituent Assembly . Quigg practiced as a lawyer in New York City. He died there on July 1, 1919 and was buried in Flushing in the cemetery of the same name.

Web links

• Lemuel E. Quigg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lemuel E. Quigg in the database of Find a Grave (English)