Albert Gallup
{{Short description|American politician (1796–1851)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Albert Gallup
|image name =
|office1 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district
|term_start1 = March 4, 1837
|term_end1 = March 3, 1839
|predecessor1 = Gerrit Y. Lansing
|successor1 = Daniel Barnard
|office2 = U.S. Collector of Customs for the Port of Albany, New York
|term_start2 = 1843
|term_end2 = 1849
|predecessor2 = Thomas McElroy
|successor2 = Richard Varick DeWitt
|office3 = Sheriff of Albany County, New York
|term_start3 = November 1831
|term_end3 = November 1834
|predecessor3 = Asa Colvard
|successor3 = Angus McDuffie
|birth_date = {{birth date|1796|1|30}}
|birth_place = Berne, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1851|11|30|1796|1|30}}
|death_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
|resting_place = Swan Point Cemetery
|spouse = {{marriage|Eunice Smith|1818}}
|relatives =
|children = 7 (including Caroline Gallup Reed)
|profession = Attorney
|party = Democratic
}}
Albert Gallup (January 30, 1796 – November 5, 1851) was a U.S. Representative from New York, serving on term from 1837 to 1839.
Early life
Gallup was born in East Berne, New York to Nathaniel Gallup (1770–1834) and Lucy (née Latham) Gallup (1773–1862).{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Henry Allen|title=A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn.|date=1889|publisher=J. Munsell's Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3X5RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA175|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}}
His ancestors fought in the colonial wars, including, Capt. John Gallup, who was killed in the Narraganset Swamp fight with the Indians, and another, William Latham, who was killed at the Battle of New London.
As a child, Gallup received a limited schooling. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Albany.
Career
From 1831 to 1834,{{cite book|last1=Howell|first1=George Rogers|title=Bi-centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y., from 1609 to 1886|date=1886|publisher=W. W. Munsell & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGkJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA156|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}} he served as sheriff of Albany County.
= Congress =
Gallup was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress serving from March 4, 1837, until March 3, 1839.{{cite book|title=American Political Leaders 1789-2009|date=2012|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781452267265|page=139|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktR1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA139|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838.
He was appointed the U.S. collector of customs for Albany in 1843.
Personal life
On April 26, 1818, he married Eunice Smith (1799–1872), daughter of Capt. Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell.{{cite web|title=The Berne Historical Project|url=http://www.bernehistory.org/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205035446/http://www.bernehistory.org/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2007|website=bernehistory.org|publisher=Hope Farm Press|accessdate=14 August 2017|date=5 December 2007}} Together, they were the parents of:
- Caroline Gallup Reed (1821–1914),{{cite news |date=18 November 1914 |title=Mrs. S. G. Reed Dies at 93; Once Widely Known for Her School for Girls in This City |pages=11 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/11/18/archives/mrs-s-g-reed-dies-at-93-once-widely-known-for-her-school-for-girls.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|97625343}}}} who was a noted educator and who married Rev. Sylvanus Reed (1821–1870)
- Albert Smith Gallup (1823–1906), who was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1853 to 1854.{{cite news |date=10 July 1889 |title=New Park Commissioner; Albert Gallup Appointed to Succeed Stevenson Towle |pages=8 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1889/07/10/archives/new-park-commissioner-albert-gallup-appointed-to-succeed-stevenson.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|94756195}}}}{{cite news |date=22 March 1906 |title=Death List of a Day; Albert Smith Gallup. |pages=9 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/03/22/archives/death-list-of-a-day-albert-smith-gallup.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|96634862}}}}
- Priscilla Gallup (b. 1828), who married George H. Whitney, in 1852.{{cite book|last1=Phoenix|first1=Stephen Whitney|title=The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations|date=1878|publisher=Bradford Press|page=783|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5dQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA783|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}}
- Lucy Gallup (b. 1832), who married Dr. Henry Delavan Paine (1816–1893), in 1858.{{cite news |date=31 May 1929 |title=Henry G. Paine Dies; Author and Editor; Literary Agent, 70 |pages=20 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/05/31/archives/henry-g-paine-dies-author-and-editor-literary-agent-70-helped-to.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|104802139}}}}{{cite book|last1=New England Historic Genealogical Society|title=Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting|date=1896|publisher=The Society|pages=71–72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAgQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA71|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}}
- Edwin C. Gallup (b. 1835), who married Anna B. Calket, in 1870.
- Eunice Ida Gallup (1840–1898), who married William W. Rhoades (1837–1893).
- Francis William Gallup (1841–1842), who died young.
Gallup died on November 5, 1851, in Providence, Rhode Island.{{cite web|title=Gallup, Albert - Biographical Information|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000028|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=14 August 2017}} He was interred in Swan Point Cemetery.{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Thomas E.|title=Where They're Buried|date=1998|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|page=239|isbn=9780806348230|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA432}}
=Descendants=
He was the grandfather of Latham Gallup Reed (1855–1945), a prominent New York lawyer,{{cite news |date=30 November 1945 |title=Latham Reed, 89, A Retired Lawyer; Former Barrister of London Inner Temple Dies--Athlete at Columbia, Cambridge |pages=23 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/11/30/archives/latham-reed-89-a-retired-lawyer-former-barrister-of-london-inner.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|107116164}}}} and Anna Dewitt Reed (1858–1958), who married William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932){{cite news |date=10 May 1932 |title=William Barclay Parsons. |pages=20 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/05/10/archives/william-barclay-parsons.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|99708127}}}} in 1884.{{cite news |date=21 May 1884 |title=United at the Altar; Two Fashionable and Largely Attended Church Weddings |pages=8 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1884/05/21/archives/united-at-the-altar-two-fashionable-and-largely-attended-church.html |accessdate=14 August 2017 |id={{ProQuest|94258235}}}}
He was also grandfather of Isabel Whitney,{{cite book|title=Social Register: Summer|date=1900|publisher=Social Register Association.|page=241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFoLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA241|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}} a member of New York Society who married William H. Sage, of "Uplands" in Albany, New York.{{cite book|last1=Browning|first1=Charles H.|title=Americans of Royal Descent|date=1911|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806300542|page=229|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyik0rO0HlsC&pg=PA229|accessdate=14 August 2017|language=en}}
References
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External links
{{CongBio|G000028}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dblocher&id=I217822|title=Albert Gallup|publisher=wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=28 April 2012}} This source gives his birthdate as January 20, 1796.
- {{find a Grave|12682901}}
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{{succession box | title = United States House of Representatives | before = Gerrit Lansing | after = Daniel Barnard | years = 1837–1839}}
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Category:People from Berne, New York
Category:New York (state) lawyers
Category:Sheriffs of Albany County, New York
Category:Burials at Swan Point Cemetery
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives