Henry Fay

Henry Harrison Fay (born April 5, 1835 in New Paltz , Ulster County , New York , †  September 8, 1897 in Newport , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1880 and 1883 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island.

Career

Henry Fay was a descendant of English immigrants. He studied at the University of Rochester until 1859 . He then began a long teaching career in Newport Island. There he founded a boys' school, which he directed until 1875. During the Civil War he prepared many students for the United States Naval Academy in addition to the normal school life . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In the years 1864 and 1872 he took part as a delegate at their Republican National Conventions , at which the presidents Abraham Lincoln and later Ulysses S. Grant were nominated for re-election. Between 1875 and 1880 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island .

In 1879, Fay was elected Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island alongside Alfred H. Littlefield . He held this office between 1880 and 1883. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . After that he was again a member of the state parliament in 1884 and 1885, where he headed the education committee and was a member of the finance committee. He later held a number of regional offices in Newport, including that of the school board for the local public schools. From 1874 to 1897 he was director or from 1885 Vice President of the Redwood Library . Between 1889 and 1893 he was a postman in Newport. For 20 years he was also a director of the First National Bank there . He died on September 8, 1897 after a long illness in Newport, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Henry Fay in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• biography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Almanac for the Year 1898