Henry G. Danforth

Henry G. Danforth

Henry Gold Danforth (born June 14, 1854 in Rochester , New York , †  April 8, 1918 there ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1917 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Danforth was born in Gates, which is now a suburb of Rochester. He attended the common schools and then the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter ( New Hampshire ). Until 1880 he studied law at Harvard University, among other things. After his admission to the bar in the same year, he began working in this profession in Rochester. From 1889 until his death he was director of Rochester General Hospital . From 1900 to 1902 he was a board member of the New York State Reformatory in Elmira ; from 1906 to 1918 he was the curator of the Reynolds Library .

Politically, Danforth joined the Republican Party . In the 1910 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 32nd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Democrat James S. Havens on March 4, 1911 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . Since 1913 he represented the then newly established 39th district of his state. In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. It was about the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators .

In 1916, Henry Danforth was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on April 8, 1918 in Rochester, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Henry G. Danforth in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James S. Havens	United States House of Representatives for New York (32nd constituency) March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913	Luther W. Mott
new constituency	United States House of Representatives for New York (39th constituency) March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917	Archie D. Sanders