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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkErastus Dean CULVER
(1803-1889)
CULVER, Erastus Dean, a
Representative from New York; born in Champlain, Washington County,
N.Y., on March 15, 1803; was graduated from the University of
Vermont at Burlington in 1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1831 and commenced practice in Fort Ann, N.Y.; moved to
Greenwich, N.Y., in 1836; member of the State assembly 1838-1840;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March
3, 1847); moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1850; judge of the city court
of Brooklyn 1854-1861; appointed by President Lincoln as Minister
Resident to Venezuela and served in that capacity from 1862 to
1866; died in Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y., October 13, 1889;
interment in the Culver vault in Greenwich Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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