Israel G. Lash
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Israel George Lash (August 18, 1810 – April 1, 1878) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a Congressional Representative from North Carolina from 1868 to 1871.
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Bethania, North Carolina, August 18, 1810, Lash attended the common schools and the local academy in his native city.
Career[edit]
He engaged in mercantile pursuits and subsequently became a cigar manufacturer. He also engaged in banking in Salem, North Carolina.
Political career[edit]
He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1868. Upon the readmission of the State of North Carolina to representation he was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress. He was reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from July 20, 1868, to March 3, 1871. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870.
Later career and death[edit]
After leaving Congress, he again engaged in banking in Salem (now Winston-Salem) N.C., until his death there on April 1, 1878.
His interment was in the Moravian Cemetery, Bethania, N.C.
Slaveholder[edit]
Lash owned at least thirty enslaved people in Forsyth County, North Carolina.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Lehman, Christopher P. (2019). Slavery's reach : Southern slaveholders in the North Star State. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 137. ISBN 9781681341354.
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