| Albert Gallup | |
| 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: | 30 January 1796 |
| Birth Place: | Berne, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Swan Point Cemetery |
| Spouse: | Eunice Smith (m. 1818-1851, his death) |
| Parents: | Nathaniel Gallup Lucy Latham |
| 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.
Gallup was born in East Berne, New York to Nathaniel Gallup (1770–1834) and Lucy (née Latham) Gallup (1773–1862).[1]
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.
From 1831 to 1834,[2] he served as sheriff of Albany County.
Gallup was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress serving from March 4, 1837, until March 3, 1839.[3] 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.
On April 26, 1818, he married Eunice Smith (1799–1872), daughter of Capt. Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell.[4] Together, they were the parents of:[1]
Gallup died on November 5, 1851, in Providence, Rhode Island.[11] He was interred in Swan Point Cemetery.[12]
He was the grandfather of Latham Gallup Reed (1855–1945), a prominent New York lawyer,[13] and Anna Dewitt Reed (1858–1958), who married William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932)[14] in 1884.[15]
He was also grandfather of Isabel Whitney,[16] a member of New York Society who married William H. Sage, of "Uplands" in Albany, New York.[17]