Lafe Pence
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Lafe Pence | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | John F. Shafroth |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives | |
| In office 1885 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lafayette Pence December 23, 1857 Columbus, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 22, 1923 (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, Indiana, U.S. |
| Party | Populist |
| Alma mater | Hanover College |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer |
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Lafayette (Lafe) Pence (December 23, 1857 – October 22, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Columbus, Indiana, Pence attended the common schools. He was graduated from Hanover College in 1877. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and practiced in Columbus, Indiana, until September 1879, when he moved to Winfield, Kansas. He moved to Rico, Colorado, in 1881 and continued the practice of law until 1884.
Career
[edit | edit source]He served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in 1885. He settled in Denver in 1885 and continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney for Arapahoe County in 1887 and 1888.
Congress
[edit | edit source]Pence was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
Later career
[edit | edit source]He moved to New York City and engaged in railroad work. He returned to Denver and from there moved to San Francisco, California, and subsequently to Washington, D.C., and continued the practice of law. He also engaged in hydraulic mining in Breckenridge, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon.
Death and burial
[edit | edit source]He died in Washington, D.C., October 22, 1923. He is interred in Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, Indiana.
Electoral history
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Populist | Lafayette Pence | 20,004 | 49.11% | |||
| Republican | Earl B. Coe | 17,609 | 43.23% | |||
| Democratic | John G. Taylor | 2,240 | 5.50% | |||
| Prohibition | W.G. Sprague | 876 | 2.15% | |||
| Majority | 2,395 | 5.88% | ||||
| Total votes | 40,729 | 100% | ||||
| Populist gain from new seat | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John F. Shafroth | 47,710 | 55.32% | |||
| Populist | Lafayette Pence (incumbent) | 34,223 | 39.68% | |||
| Prohibition | Robert H. Rhodes | 2,465 | 2.86% | |||
| Democratic | John T. Bottom | 1,847 | 2.14% | |||
| Majority | 13,487 | 15.64% | ||||
| Total votes | 86,245 | 100% | ||||
| Republican gain from Populist | ||||||
References
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