Albert Gallup

Albert Gallup (January 30, 1796 – November 5, 1851) was a U.S. Representative from New York, serving on term from 1837 to 1839.

Albert Gallup
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	Gerrit Y. Lansing
Succeeded by	Daniel Barnard
U.S. Collector of Customs for the Port of Albany, New York
In office 1843–1849
Preceded by	Thomas McElroy
Succeeded by	Richard Varick DeWitt
Sheriff of Albany County, New York
In office November 1831 – November 1834
Preceded by	Asa Colvard
Succeeded by	Angus McDuffie
Personal details
Born	(1796-01-30)January 30, 1796 Berne, New York, U.S.
Died	November 30, 1851(1851-11-30) (aged 55) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Resting place	Swan Point Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Eunice Smith ​ (m. 1818)​
Children	7 (including Caroline Gallup Reed)
Profession	Attorney

Early life

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.^[2]

As a child, Gallup received a limited schooling. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Albany.^[3]

Career

From 1831 to 1834,^[4] he served as sheriff of Albany County.^[3]

Congress

Gallup was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress serving from March 4, 1837, until March 3, 1839.^[5] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838.^[3]

He was appointed the U.S. collector of customs for Albany in 1843.^[3]

Personal life

On April 26, 1818, he married Eunice Smith (1799–1872), daughter of Capt. Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell.^[6] Together, they were the parents of:^[1]

• Caroline Gallup Reed (1821–1914),^[2] who was a noted educator and who married Rev. Sylvanus Reed (1821–1870)
• Albert Smith Gallup (1823–1906), who was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1853 to 1854.^[7][8]
• Priscilla Gallup (b. 1828), who married George H. Whitney, in 1852.^[1][9]
• Lucy Gallup (b. 1832), who married Dr. Henry Delavan Paine (1816–1893), in 1858.^[1][10][11]
• Edwin C. Gallup (b. 1835), who married Anna B. Calket, in 1870.^[1]
• Eunice Ida Gallup (1840–1898), who married William W. Rhoades (1837–1893).
• Francis William Gallup (1841–1842), who died young.^[1]

Gallup died on November 5, 1851, in Providence, Rhode Island.^[3] He was interred in Swan Point Cemetery.^[12]

Descendants

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]