Harry J. Palmer | |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1872 |
Birth Place: | Dover, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Office: | Member of the New York State Senate from the 27th district |
Term Start: | 1929 |
Term End: | 1934 |
Office2: | Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs of Towns, Counties and Public Highways |
Term Start2: | 1933 |
Term End2: | 1934 |
Harry J. Palmer (February 28, 1872 – February 12, 1948) was an American politician from New York.
He was born on February 28, 1872, in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, the son of Charles E. Palmer and Anne (Cowley) Palmer. His father died in 1878, and he and his mother moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1880.[1] There he attended the public schools, and then began to work at a department store.[2]
He moved to Port Richmond, Staten Island.
Palmer was a member of the New York State Senate (24th D.) from 1929 to 1934, sitting in the 152nd, 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th New York State Legislatures; and was Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs of Towns, Counties and Public Highways from 1933 to 1934.
He died on February 12, 1948, at his home in Staten Island.[3]