Henry S. Harris
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Henry Schenck Harris (December 27, 1850, Belvidere, New Jersey – May 2, 1902, Belvidere, New Jersey), was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district for one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883.[1]
Early life and education
Harris was born in Belvidere, New Jersey on December 27, 1850. He attended the common schools and was graduated from Princeton College in 1870. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Belvidere. He was appointed prosecutor of the pleas for Warren County in March 1877.
Congress
Harris was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
After Congress
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Belvidere at the age of 51 on May 2, 1902, and was interred in Belvidere Cemetery.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Henry Schenck Harris at The Political Graveyard
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Find a GraveTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Pages with script errors
- 1850 births
- 1902 deaths
- Lawyers from Warren County, New Jersey
- People from Belvidere, New Jersey
- Politicians from Warren County, New Jersey
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Princeton University alumni
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives