Henry Fisk Janes

Henry Fisk Janes (born October 10, 1792 in Brimfield , Hampden County , Massachusetts , †  June 6, 1879 in Waterbury , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1834 and 1837 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Janes moved with his parents to Calais , Vermont in his youth , where he received an academic education. Janes took part in the British-American War of 1812 as a soldier . After studying law in Montpelier and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Waterbury in 1817.

Janes was also a postman in Waterbury from 1820 to 1830. From 1830 to 1834 he was a member of the Vermont State Legislative Council . After the death of Congressman Benjamin F. Deming , Henry Janes was elected as a candidate for the short-lived Anti-Masonic Party in a by-election in the fifth district of Vermont in 1834 to succeed him in the US House of Representatives. After re-election in 1836, he could remain in Congress between December 2, 1834 and March 3, 1837 . In the elections of 1836 he was defeated by the Democrat Isaac Fletcher .

Janes served as Treasury Secretary for the State of Vermont between 1838 and 1841. He was a member of Waterbury City Council in 1854, 1861 and 1862. In 1855 he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. Otherwise he has not held any other higher political offices. Henry Janes died in Waterbury in June 1879 and was buried there.

Web links

• Henry Fisk Janes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Fisk Janes in the database of Find a Grave (English)