Henry Traphagen

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Early life

He was born on June 1, 1842, in Jersey City to Henry Mackaness Traphagen and Sarah Conselyea. He had a brother, New York State Senator William C. Traphagen, who was the father of bank president John C. Traphagen.^[1] He was the great-grandson of former Jersey City mayor Cornelius Van Vorst. He was a descendant of Willem Traphagen, from Lemgo, County of Lippe, who settled in Manhattan in 1652. He studied at Rutgers College and Brown University and became an attorney in 1864.

He was elected mayor and served one term, from May 4, 1874, to April 30, 1876.^[2]

He married Annie Matilda Cambell (1847-1919) on November 9, 1869.^[3]^[4]

He died on October 11, 1918, in Tenafly, New Jersey.

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Political offices
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