Henry C. Miner

Henry Clay Miner (born March 23, 1842 in New York City , † February 22, 1900 ibid) was an American impresario and politician . Between 1895 and 1897 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Clay Miner was born and raised in New York City about four years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . During this time he attended public schools and the American Institute of Physicians and Surgeons . Then he worked in the drug business. In 1864 he owned five theaters in New York City and Newark ( New Jersey ). He was president of a company specializing in lithography , editor of the American Dramatic Directory, and for many years president of the Actors' Fund Association . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1894 for the 54th Congress , Miner was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Timothy J. Campbell on March 4, 1895 . Since he on a run again in 1896 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1897 Congress of.

After his time at the congress he was back in the theater business, but also pursued other business. He died on February 22, 1900 in New York City and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn .

Web links

• Henry C. Miner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry C. Miner in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frank Cullen, Donald McNeilly and Florence Hackman: "Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America" , Volume 2, 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2 , p 766ff.