PECK, LUTHER CHRISTOPHER, a Representative from New York;
born in Connecticut in January 1800;
completed preparatory studies;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar and practiced;
moved to Allegheny County, Pa., and later to Pike, Wyoming County, N.Y., and continued the practice of law;
held various local offices;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841);
chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-sixth Congress);
affiliated with the Republican Party after it was formed;
resumed the practice of his profession at Pike, N.Y.;
moved to Nunda, N.Y., and continued the practice of law;
died in Nunda, Livingston County, N.Y., February 5, 1876;
interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
