| Henry Traphagen | |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Tenafly, New Jersey |
| Residence: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Office: | Mayor of Jersey City |
| Order: | 19th |
| Term Start: | May 4, 1874 |
| Term End: | April 30, 1876 |
| Predecessor: | Charles H. O'Neill |
| Successor: | Charles Seidler |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Children: | Sarah Conselyea Drayton, Henry Mackaness Traphagen, Anne Campbell Wortendyke, William Conselyea Traphagen, Frederick Putnam Traphagen |
| Parents: | Henry Mackaness Traphagen |
| Signature: | Signature of Henry Traphagen (1842–1918).png |
Henry Traphagen (June 1, 1842 – October 11, 1918) was a lawyer and the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, for the Democratic Party from May 4, 1874, to April 30, 1876.
He was born on June 1, 1842, in Jersey City to Henry Mackaness Traphagen and Sarah Conselyea. He had a brother, New York State Senator William C. Traphagen, who was the father of bank president John C. Traphagen.[1] He was the great-grandson of former Jersey City mayor Cornelius Van Vorst. He was a descendant of Willem Traphagen, from Lemgo, County of Lippe, who settled in Manhattan in 1652. He studied at Rutgers College and Brown University and became an attorney in 1864.
He was elected mayor and served one term, from May 4, 1874, to April 30, 1876.[2]
He married Annie Matilda Cambell (1847-1919) on November 9, 1869.[3] [4]
He died on October 11, 1918, in Tenafly, New Jersey.