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Jun 14, 1828 Middletown, New York, United States Died on 24 May 1881 (aged 52)
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About Anthony L. Knapp
- Anthony Lausett Knapp (June 14, 1828 – May 24, 1881) was a U.S.
- Representative from Illinois, brother of Robert McCarty Knapp. Born in Middletown, New York, Knapp moved with his parents to Illinois in 1839 and settled in the city of Jerseyville.
- He completed preparatory studies and then studied law.
- He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jerseyville.
- He served as member of the Illinois Senate 1859-1861. Knapp was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A.
- McClernand.
- He was reelected to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served from December 12, 1861, to March 3, 1865.
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1864.
- He moved to Chicago in 1865 and to Springfield, Illinois, in 1867 and continued the practice of law.
- He died in Springfield, Illinois, May 24, 1881.
- He was interred in Springfield Cemetery.
- He was reinterred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville.
