Henry H. Childs

Henry Halsey Childs (born June 7, 1783 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts , †  March 22, 1868 in Boston , Massachusetts) was an American politician . In 1843 and 1844 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Massachusetts.

Career

In 1802, Henry Childs graduated from Williams College . After a subsequent medical degree and his license as a doctor, he began to work in this profession together with his father. In 1822 he helped found Berkshire Medical College . In the following years he worked at this school, whose president he would eventually become. He also continued to practice as a doctor. Politically, he was initially a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1816 and 1827 . In 1820 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state; in 1837 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate .

In 1843 and 1844, Henry Childs served with Marcus Morton as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Massachusetts. He was the governor's deputy . Childs also taught at a Christian Sunday School ( Sabbath School ) and was president of the Berkshire Bible Society . He died in Boston on March 22, 1868.

Web links

• Henry H. Childs in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Report of death with mention of his presidency of Berkshire Medical College
• Information on Childs at Berkshire Medical Institution, Section 6
• Biography (pages 379-380)