Lewis A. Brigham

Lewis Alexander Brigham (born January 2, 1831 in New York Mills , Oneida County , New York , †  February 19, 1885 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lewis Brigham attended public schools in his home country as well as Whitestown Seminary . He then studied at Hamilton College in Clinton until 1849 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1855, he began to work in this profession in New York City . He ran this office alongside his other activities until his death. Between 1866 and 1870 he was a school councilor in Bergen . From 1874 to 1876 he was a member of the Jersey City Police Committee. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1877 he was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly .

In the congressional election of 1878 , Brigham was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Augustus Albert Hardenbergh on March 4, 1879 . Since he lost to Hardenbergh in 1880, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1881 . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Brigham continued to practice as a lawyer in New York. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died on February 19, 1885 in Jersey City, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Lewis A. Brigham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lewis A. Brigham in the database of Find a Grave (English)