Albert Gallup was a US Representative from New York, serving on term from 1837 to 1839.
10 Facts About Albert Gallup
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Albert Gallup's ancestors fought in the colonial wars, including, Capt.
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John Albert 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.
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Albert Gallup later studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Albany.
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Albert Gallup was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress serving from March 4,1837, until March 3,1839.
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Albert Gallup was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838.
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Albert Gallup was appointed the US collector of customs for Albany in 1843.
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Albert Gallup died on November 5,1851, in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Albert Gallup was the grandfather of Latham Gallup Reed, a prominent New York lawyer, and Anna Dewitt Reed, who married William Barclay Parsons in 1884.
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Albert Gallup was grandfather of Isabel Whitney, a member of New York Society who married William H Sage, of "Uplands" in Albany, New York.