Luther C. Peck
{{short description|American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Luther C. Peck
|state=New York
|district={{ushr|NY|30|30th}}
|term_start=March 4, 1837
|term_end=March 3, 1841
|predecessor=John Young
|successor=John Young
|birth_name=Luther Christopher Peck
|birth_date=January 1800
|birth_place=Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and given age|1876|2|5|76}}
|death_place=Nunda, New York, U.S.
|resting_place=Oakwood Cemetery, Nunda, New York, U.S.
|party=Whig
|otherparty=Republican
|profession=Politician, lawyer
}}
Luther Christopher Peck (January 1800 – February 5, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Farmington, Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies and taught school in Holley, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced.
He moved to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and later to Pike, New York, and continued the practice of law. He held various local offices.
Peck was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-sixth Congress).
He resumed the practice of his profession in Pike. He was affiliated with the Republican Party after it was formed.
He moved to Nunda, New York, and continued the practice of law. He died in Nunda on February 5, 1876 and was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
Sources
{{CongBio|P000179}}
External links
- {{Find a Grave|6396006}}
- Arad Thomas, The Pioneer History of Orleans County, NY, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025959531#page/n219/mode/2up Biographies of Early Settlers: Horace Peck], 1871, pages 201-201
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Category:People from Farmington, Connecticut
Category:People from Pike, New York
Category:People from Nunda, New York
Category:New York (state) Republicans
Category:New York (state) lawyers
Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:People from Murray, New York
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives