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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkCULVER, Erastus Dean
(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.
Culver, Erastus Dean. Forms of proceedings under the New-York prohibitory liquor law: Also, a certified copy of the act, passed April 9th, 1855
. New-York: J.J. Diossy & Co., 1855.
———. Speech of Mr. Culver, of New York, on the Texas and Oregon questions. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., January 30th, 1846
. [Washington, D.C.]: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, [1846].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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