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Lemuel Ely Quigg
1863–1919
A newspaper editor turned congressman, he moved easily between journalism, law, and Republican politics in New York at the turn of the twentieth century. His career mixed public life with the brisk world of big-city publishing.
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About the author
Born in Maryland in 1863 and educated in Wilmington, Delaware, he moved to New York City in 1880 and began a career in journalism. He edited the Flushing Times, worked on the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, and later became editor in chief of the New York Press.
He also studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1897, and served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1895 to 1903. Alongside politics, he remained active in party organizing and public affairs, building a reputation as both a political operator and a man of the press.
Quigg died in New York City in 1919. Remembered today mostly through historical and congressional records, he stands out as one of those figures whose writing, legal work, and political life were closely tied together.