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Lancelot Phelps

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Lancelot Phelpsl
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byTruman Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded byNoyes Barber
Succeeded byDistrict abolished until 1903
Personal details
Born(1784-11-09)November 9, 1784
Windsor, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1866(1866-09-01) (aged 81)
Colebrook, Connecticut, U.S
Resting placeCenter Cemetery, Winsted, Connecticut
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations
Jacksonian (before 1837)

Lancelot Phelps (November 9, 1784 – September 1, 1866) was an American physician and businessman who served two terms as a United States representative from Connecticut from 1835 to 1839.

He was the father of James Phelps who was also a United States Representative from Connecticut.

Biography

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He was born in Windsor, Connecticut, before moving with his family to Colebrook, Connecticut, in 1794. He attended the common schools and the studied medicine and commenced practice in Colebrook, Connecticut. He also engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits in Riverton, Connecticut. Later, he returned to Colebrook.

Political career

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Phelps held various local offices. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1817, 1819–1821, 1824, 1827, 1828, and 1830. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839).

Death and burial

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He died in Colebrook, Connecticut, in 1866 and was buried in Center Cemetery, Winsted, Connecticut.

Footnotes

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References

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  • United States Congress. "Lancelot Phelps (id: P000297)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's at-large congressional district

1835–1837
Succeeded by
District inactive
Preceded by
District created
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 5th congressional district

1837–1839
Succeeded by