Lemuel E. Quigg
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Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a
United States representative from New York
.
Biography
He was born near Chestertown,
New York Tribune from 1884 to 1894. He served as the editor-in-chief of the New York Press
in 1895.
Quigg was elected as a
re-election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress, losing to New York millionaire William A. Chanler
.
He was chairman of the Republican State conventions in 1896 and 1902 and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896, 1900, and 1904. He was the president of the Queens Republican county committee 1896–1900. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1915.
After leaving Congress, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1903. He engaged in the practice of law in New York City until his death there in 1919 after a three-month bout with
Queens County, New York
.
References
- United States Congress. "Lemuel E. Quigg (id: Q000011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Lemuel Ely Quigg, Long Ill, Dies at 56", The New York Times, July 3, 1919, p. 12.
External links
- Works by Lemuel Ely Quigg at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Lemuel E. Quigg at Internet Archive
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