Sydney Parham Epes Explained

Sydney Parham Epes
Image Name:Sidney Epes.jpg
State:Virginia
District:4th
Term:March 4, 1899  - March 3, 1900
Preceded:Robert T. Thorp
Succeeded:Francis R. Lassiter
Term2:March 4, 1897  - March 23, 1898
Predecessor2:Robert T. Thorp
Successor2:Robert T. Thorp
Office3:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Amelia and Nottoway Counties
Term3:1892–1893
Predecessor3:Henry Johnson
Successor3:R.T. Vaughan
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:August 20, 1865
Birth Place:Nottoway Court House, Virginia
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Resting Place:Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Virginia
Profession:lawyer

Sydney Parham Epes (August 20, 1865 – March 3, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, serving briefly for parts of two terms at the end of the 19th century.

He was the cousin of James F. Epes and William Bacon Oliver.

Biography

Born near Nottoway Court House, Virginia, Epes moved with his parents to Kentucky and settled near Franklin, Kentucky, where he attended the public schools. He returned to Virginia in 1884 and edited and published a Democratic newspaper at Blackstone, Virginia.

Political career

He served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1891 and 1892. He served as register of the Virginia land office from 1895 to 1897, and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1897, until March 23, 1898, when he was succeeded by Robert T. Thorp, who contested the election.

Congress and death

Epes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, until his death from peritonitis in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1900. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Virginia.

Elections

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