J. Hale Sypher
J. Hale Sypher | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district | |
In office July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Flanders |
Succeeded by | Effingham Lawrence |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacob Hale Sypher June 22, 1837 Brigadier General |
Unit | Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Jacob Hale Sypher (June 22, 1837 – May 9, 1905) was an attorney and politician, elected as a member of the
Early life and education
Jacob Hale Sypher was born near Millerstown, Pennsylvania and attended local schools. He graduated from Alfred University in New York state in 1859.
Civil War
Sypher enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War as a private in Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Militia (a three-month unit). After his battery's term expired, he was commissioned 1st lieutenant in
Law and Politics
After the war, Sypher moved to northern Louisiana where he bought a
He was first elected as a Republican to Congress in 1866 from Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He may have lost the 1868 election, but there were so many irregularities that Congress threw it out and a second election was held. Sypher won the second round. He was re-elected twice more, serving in Congress from July 18, 1868 until March 3, 1875.
In 1872, Sypher at first seemed to win the election, being certified the winner and sworn in to Congress. But his opponent Effingham Lawrence, a Democrat, contested the election. After a lengthy investigation, the House decided that the reported returns were wrong (due to two competing sets of returns) and, on the final day of Congress, Sypher was removed from office.[1][2]
It was the first time that a Democrat had been elected to Congress from Louisiana since before the Civil War. During the campaign, the
Sypher left Louisiana, moving to
References
- ^ "Two House Members Served for Only One Day". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Hind's Precedents (PDF). p. 816.
- ^ George C. Rable, But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1984, p. 132
- ^ Rable (1984), 'But There Was No Peace', p. 132
External links
United States Congress. "SYPHER, Jacob Hale (id: S001140)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.