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| Name | Oscar Lapham |
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Providence, Rhode Island , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 29, 1837
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| Died | March 29, 1926
(88 years)
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| Contributor | RMF |
| Last Modifed | Paul
Dec 21, 2021 12:41am |
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| Info | LAPHAM, Oscar, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Burrillville, Providence County, R.I., June 29, 1837; attended the seminary in Scituate, Mass., the academy in Pembroke, N.H., the University Grammar School, Providence, R.I., and was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1864; member of the board of trustees and of the advisory and executive committee of that university; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and practiced in Providence, R.I.; served in the Civil War as first lieutenant, adjutant, and captain in the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers; member of the State senate in 1887 and 1888; member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee 1887-1891; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-eighth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Providence, R.I., and died there March 29, 1926; interment in Swan Point Cemetery.
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