E. Stevens Henry

Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional district from 1895 to 1913. He also served as the 44th Treasurer of Connecticut from 1889 to 1893 and in the Connecticut House of Representatives, the Connecticut Senate and as mayor of Rockville, Connecticut.

E. Stevens Henry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913
Preceded byLewis Sperry
Succeeded byAugustine Lonergan
3rd Mayor of Rockville, Connecticut
In office
1894-1895
44th Treasurer of Connecticut
In office
January 10, 1889 – January 4, 1893
GovernorMorgan Bulkeley
Preceded byAlexander Warner
Succeeded byMarvin H. Sanger
Member of the Connecticut Senate
In office
1887-1888
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office
1883
Personal details
Born(1836-02-10)February 10, 1836
Gill, Massachusetts, US
DiedOctober 10, 1921(1921-10-10) (aged 85)
Rockville, Connecticut, US
Political partyRepublican

Early life

Henry was born in the town of Gill, Massachusetts and moved with his parents at age 13 to Rockville, Connecticut in 1849. He attended the public schools and engaged in the dry-goods business. He was the organizer of the People's Saving Bank in Rockville and Treasurer from 1870 to 1921. He was a farmer and breeder of thoroughbred stock.[1]

Career

He served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1883 and of the Connecticut Senate from 1887 to 1888. He served as delegate at large to the Republican National Convention in 1888, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut from 1889 to 1893 and as the 3rd mayor of Rockville from 1894 to 1895.[2]

Henry was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913).[3] He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912.

He resumed his former mercantile pursuits in Rockville, Connecticut where he died on October 10, 1921. He was interred in Grove Hill Cemetery.

Edward Stevens Henry gravestone

Legacy

Henry Park in Rockville, Connecticut is located on land donated by Henry and named in his honor.[4]

Footnotes
  1. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography. Boston - New York - Chicago: The American Historical Society Incorporated. 1917. p. 280. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties Connecticut. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co. 1903. pp. 126–128. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 11. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. Pelland, Dave. "War Memorial Tower, Rockville". www.ctmonuments.net. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

References

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