Harry Libbey Explained

Harrison Libbey
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State:Virginia
District:2nd
Term Start:March 4, 1883
Term End:March 3, 1887
Preceded:John F. Dezendorf
Succeeded:George E. Bowden
Birth Date:November 22, 1843
Birth Place:Wakefield, New Hampshire
Death Place:Hampton, Virginia
Profession:businessman
Party:Readjuster (until 1885)
Otherparty:Republican (after 1885)

Harrison 'Harry' Libbey (November 22, 1843 – September 30, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia's 2nd congressional district.

Biography

Born in Wakefield, New Hampshire, Libbey attended the common schools.He moved to Virginia and settled in Hampton in 1863.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He was appointed one of the presiding justices of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in 1869.

Libbey was elected as a Readjuster to the Forty-eighth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887).He engaged in the oyster industry.He served as chairman of the Republican county committee.He was appointed postmaster of Hampton, Virginia, January 18, 1907, and served until his death in Hampton, Virginia, on September 30, 1913.He was interred in St. John's Cemetery.

Electoral history