Henry P. Torsey Explained

Henry P. Torsey
Birth Name:	Henry Pierson Torsey
Birth Date:	7 August 1819
Birth Place:	Monmouth, Maine
Death Place:	Kents Hill, Maine
Occupation:	Educator, politician
Education:	Kent's Hill Academy
Office:	Member of the Maine State Senate
Term Start:	1855
Term End:	1856

Henry Pierson Torsey (August 7, 1819  - September 16, 1892) was an American Methodist Episcopal educator and politician.

Biography

Born in Monmouth, Maine, Torsey studied at Kent's Hill Academy in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary. In 1841 he taught school in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and in 1842 he became a teacher at Maine Wesleyan Seminary and then principal of the seminary. In 1855 and 1856, he served in the Maine State Senate and was an Independent. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Torsey to the office of secretary of Montana Territory, but Torsey declined the nomination. Torsey retired in 1882 because of ill health and died at Kent's Hill.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. "Report of the State Superintendent of the Public Schools of the State of Maine for the School Year Ending June 30, 1907", Kennebac Journal, 1907, Henry P. Torsey LLD DD-Wilbur Berry, pp. 116–118.
2. The History of the Pacific States of North America-Washington, Idaho, and Montana 1845-1889, volume XXVI, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The History Company Publishers, San Francisco: 1890, Territorial Organization, p. 643.
3. http://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/T/torsey-henry-p-lld.html McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia-Henry P. Torsey
4. Web site: Maine State Law and Legislative Research Library-Maine Legislators . 2015-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151220092239/http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx . 2015-12-20 . dead .