Allen C. Beach

Allen Carpenter Beach (October 9, 1825 – October 17, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from

lieutenant governor of New York

from 1869 to 1872.

Life

He was born on October 9, 1825, in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York, the son of Rev. Allen R. Beach (1797–1879)^[1] and Amy Brown Beach (1803–c.1890). He graduated from Union College in 1848, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. His first wife Abby A. Woodruff died in 1856. In 1862, he married Olivia H. Pickering, and they had one daughter, Amy.

Active in politics as a

1860 and 1876 Democratic National Conventions

As a

He was

He died on October 17, 1918, in Rochester, New York.^[2]

Sources

^ The Reverend Allen R. Beach...died... in The New York Times on May 5, 1879
^ Ex-Lieut. Gov. Beach Dies at 93 in The New York Times on October 19, 1918

Life Sketches of Executive Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York by H. H. Boone & Theodore P. Cook (Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1870; pg. 15–19)

Political offices
Preceded by Stewart L. Woodford	Lieutenant Governor of New York 1869–1872	Succeeded by John C. Robinson
Preceded by John Bigelow	Secretary of State of New York 1878–1879	Succeeded by Joseph Bradford Carr
Party political offices
Preceded by Samuel J. Tilden	New York State Democratic Committee Chairman September 1874 – September 1875	Succeeded by Daniel Magone

[1] The Reverend Allen R. Beach...died... in The New York Times on May 5, 1879

[2] Ex-Lieut. Gov. Beach Dies at 93 in The New York Times on October 19, 1918

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