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Sydney Parham Epes
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's4th district
In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1900
Preceded by	Robert T. Thorp
Succeeded by	Francis R. Lassiter
In office March 4, 1897 – March 23, 1898
Preceded by	Robert T. Thorp
Succeeded by	Robert T. Thorp
Member of theVirginia House of Delegates fromAmelia andNottoway Counties
In office 1892–1893
Preceded by	Henry Johnson
Succeeded by	R.T. Vaughan
Personal details
Born	(1865-08-20)August 20, 1865 Nottoway Court House, Virginia
Died	March 3, 1900(1900-03-03) (aged 34) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Lake View Cemetery,Blackstone, Virginia
Party	Democratic
Profession	lawyer

Sydney Parham Epes (August 20, 1865 – March 3, 1900) was aU.S. representative fromVirginia, serving briefly for parts of two terms at the end of the 19th century.

He was the cousin ofJames F. Epes andWilliam Bacon Oliver.

Born nearNottoway Court House, Virginia, Epes moved with his parents toKentucky and settled nearFranklin, Kentucky, where he attended the public schools. He returned to Virginia in 1884 and edited and published a Democratic newspaper atBlackstone, Virginia.

He served as member of theVirginia House of Delegates in 1891 and 1892. He served as register of the Virginia land office from 1895 to 1897, and presented credentials as a Member-elect to theFifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1897, until March 23, 1898, when he was succeeded byRobert T. Thorp, who contested the election.

Epes was elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, until his death fromperitonitis in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1900. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Virginia.

• 1896; Epes was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Robert Taylor Thorp and Independent Republican J.L. Thorp; however, the election was invalidated and Robert Taylor Thorp was seated.
• 1898; Epes was elected again with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Republicans Thorp and Booker Ellis, ColR (?) Thomas L. Jones, and Independent J.H. Beran.

• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)

• United States Congress."Sydney Parham Epes (id: E000196)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Sydney Parham Epes atFind a Grave

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