E. Stevens Henry Explained

E. Stevens Henry
State1:Connecticut
Term Start1:March 4, 1895
Term End1:March 3, 1913
Predecessor1:Lewis Sperry
Successor1:Augustine Lonergan
Office2:3rd Mayor of Rockville, Connecticut
Term2:1894-1895
Office3:44th Treasurer of Connecticut
Governor3:Morgan Bulkeley
Term Start3:January 10, 1889
Term End3:January 4, 1893
Predecessor3:Alexander Warner
Successor3:Marvin H. Sanger
Office4:Member of the Connecticut Senate
Term4:1887-1888
Office5:Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Term5:1883
Birth Date:10 February 1836
Birth Place:Gill, Massachusetts, US
Death Place:Rockville, Connecticut, US
Party:Republican

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, in the Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut Senate, and as mayor of Rockville, Connecticut.

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.

Legacy

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

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography . 1917 . The American Historical Society Incorporated . Boston - New York - Chicago . 280 . 24 January 2020.
  2. Book: Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties Connecticut . 1903 . J.H. Beers & Co. . Chicago . 126–128 . 24 January 2020.
  3. Web site: 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 . 2 July 2023 . 11 . 9 November 1903.
  4. Web site: Pelland . Dave . War Memorial Tower, Rockville . www.ctmonuments.net . 25 January 2020.