Hugh R. Belknap

Hugh Reid Belknap (September 1, 1860 - November 12, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Keokuk, Iowa, Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. and worked in various capacities until he retired in 1892 to become superintendent of the South Side Rapid Transit Railroad of Chicago, Illinois. He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Lawrence E. McGann to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from December 27, 1895, to March 3, 1899. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress. He resided in Chicago until 1901. He was appointed a paymaster in the United States Army with the rank of major and served from February 2, 1901, until his death in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines on November 12, 1901. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Preceded by Lawrence E. McGann	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd congressional district 1895-1899	Succeeded by George P. Foster