# Elias Mapes

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'''Elias Mapes''' (May 12, 1833 – 1906) was an American union organizer and politician from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).

==Life==
He was born on May 12, 1833, in [Parma](/source/Parma%2C_New_York), [Monroe County, New York](/source/Monroe_County%2C_New_York), the son of Caleb Mapes and Harriet (Avery) Mapes.<ref>[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/elroy-mckendree-avery/the-groton-avery-clan-volume-1-rev/page-52-the-groton-avery-clan-volume-1-rev.shtml ''The Groton Avery Clan''] by Elroy McKendree Avery (Volume 1)</ref> He attended the common schools in [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York). Then he became a [machinist](/source/machinist). He was active in the labor reform movement, and was Secretary of the Monroe County Working Men's General Assembly.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GIRHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR53 ''Report of the State-Commission on Prison labor''] (1871; pg. liii)</ref>

He also entered politics as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)), and joined the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) upon its foundation. He left the party in 1870, and later ran in elections on independent and third-party tickets.

In November 1870, he ran in the [28th District](/source/New_York's_28th_congressional_district) for Congress, and received 50 votes in the election to fill the vacancy in the 41st Congress, and 658 votes in the election for the seat in the 42nd Congress.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zxwQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2047 ''Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail, of Election Held November 8, 1870''] (Vol. II; pg. 2044 and 2047)</ref>

In November 1877, he was elected to the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly), nominated by the [Greenback Party](/source/Greenback_Party), the Working Men, and other independent labor reform organizations. The Republicans made no nomination at that election, and Mapes polled 7,400 votes, 3,807 more than his Democratic opponent.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/eveningjournalal1878slsn#page/121/mode/1up ''The Albany Evening Journal Almanac''] (1878; pg. 67 and 121f)</ref> He was a member of the [101st New York State Legislature](/source/101st_New_York_State_Legislature) in 1878.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/01/02/80371957.pdf ''THE STATE LEGISLATURE; ORGANIZATION OF BOTH HOUSES''] in ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' on January 2, 1878</ref>

He died in 1906.<ref>[http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/elias-mapes_14047771 Elias Mapes] at [ancestry.com](/source/ancestry.com)</ref>

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Category:Politicians from Rochester, New York
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Category:New York (state) Greenbacks
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