Albert Gallup
Albert Gallup (January 30, 1796 – November 5, 1851) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life. Gallup was born in East Berne, New York to Nathaniel Gallup (1770–1834) and Lucy (née Latham) Gallup (1773–1862). 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. Career. From 1831 to 1834, 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. 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. Personal life. On April 26, 1818, he married Eunice Smith (1799–1872), daughter of Capt. Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell. Together, they were the parents of: Gallup died on November 5, 1851 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was interred in Swan Point Cemetery. Descendants. He was the grandfather of  Latham Gallup Reed (1855–1945), a prominent New York lawyer, and Anna Dewitt Reed (1858–1958), who married William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932) in 1884. He was also grandfather of Isabel Whitney, a member of New York Society who married William H. Sage, of "Uplands" in Albany, New York.