Anson Herrick

Anson Herrick

Anson Herrick (born January 21, 1812 in Lewiston , Massachusetts , † February 6, 1868 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Ebenezer Herrick was his father.

Career

Anson Herrick was born and raised in Lewiston, present-day Maine , about five months before the outbreak of the British-American War . During this time he attended public schools and learned the art of printing. In 1833 he founded the Citizen newspaper in Wiscasset . Then he moved to New York City in 1836. In 1838 he founded the New York Atlas - a newspaper that he ran until his death. Between 1854 and 1856 he sat on the Board of Aldermen . Then he was Naval Storekeeper in the Port of New York between 1857 and 1861 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress , Herrick was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Edward Haight on March 4, 1863 . In 1864 he was defeated in his re-election bid and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1865 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he returned to his journalistic activities. In 1866 he took part as a delegate at the National Union Convention in Philadelphia . He died on February 6, 1868 in New York City and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in the then still separate city of Brooklyn .

Web links

• Anson Herrick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Anson Herrick in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Obituary - Hon. Anson Herrick," The New York Times, February 7, 1868
2. ↑ Rossiter Johnson and John Howard Brown: "The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans ..." , The Biographical Society, 1904, p. 260.
3. ^ "Congressmen Elected," The New York Times, November 6, 1862