P. Henry Dugro Explained

Term Start:1896
Term End:1920
Office2:Judge of the Superior Court of New York County
Term Start2:1887
Term End2:1896
State3:New York
District3:7th
Term Start3:March 4, 1881
Term End3:March 3, 1883
Preceded3:Edwin Einstein
Succeeded3:William Dorsheimer
Office4:New York State Assembly (New York Co., 14th D.)
Term4:1879
Birth Date:October 3, 1855
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Place:New York City, New York
Resting Place:Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Party:Democratic
Education:Columbia College

Philip Henry Dugro (October 3, 1855 – March 1, 1920) was an American lawyer, judge, and U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1881 to 1883.

Biography

Born in New York City, Dugro attended the public schools and was graduated from the school of arts of Columbia College, New York City, in 1876 and from the law department of the same institution in 1878.He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced practice in New York City.

State legislature

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 14th D.) in 1879.

Congress

Dugro was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883).He was not a candidate for reelection.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in New York City and also interested in the real-estate business.He declined the office of State commissioner of immigration in 1885. He served as judge of the superior court of New York County from 1887 to 1896, when the superior court was merged into the supreme court.

He served as associate justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1896 until his death in New York City March 1, 1920.

He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.