Allen C. Beach
Allen Carpenter Beach (October 9, 1825 in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York – October 17, 1918 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
He was the son of Rev. Allen R. Beach (1797-1879) and Amy Brown Beach (1803-ca. 1890). He graduated from Union College in 1848, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. His first wife Abby A. Woodruff died in 1856. In 1862, he married Olivia H. Pickering, daughter of Augustus Pickering and Caroline White. They had one daughter, Amy.
As a Democrat, he was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1869 to 1872, elected in 1868 and 1870, and Secretary of State of New York from 1878 to 1879, elected in 1877 and defeated for re-election in 1879.
He was a delegate to the 1860 and 1876 Democratic National Conventions.
Sources
- Obit notice in NYT on October 19, 1918
- Pickering-Beach Museum at www.sacketsharborny.com The Pickering-Beach Museum
- His father's obit notice, in NYT on May 5, 1879
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Beach at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard
- 700000 people connected with European Royalty at www.e-familytree.net Beach genealogy
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Preceded by Stewart L. Woodford |
Lieutenant Governor of New York 1869–1872 |
Succeeded by John C. Robinson |
Preceded by John Bigelow |
Secretary of State of New York 1878–1879 |
Succeeded by Joseph Bradford Carr |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Samuel J. Tilden |
New York State Democratic Committee Chairman September 1874 – September 1875 |
Succeeded by Daniel Magone |
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