Henry Joel Scudder

Henry Joel Scudder (born September 18, 1825 in Northport , New York , † February 10, 1886 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Joel Scudder was born in Northport about ten and a half years after the end of the British-American War . He attended county schools and the Huntington Academy . In 1846 he graduated from Trinity College in Hartford ( Connecticut ). He studied law and began practicing in New York City in 1848 after receiving his license to practice law. In 1862 he joined the 37th regiment of the New York National Guard as a captain and served there until the end of the Civil War . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1872 Scudder was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded Dwight Townsend on March 4, 1873 . Since he refused to run again in 1874 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1875 . He then worked as a trustee at Trinity College for over 20 years . He also resumed his practice as a lawyer in New York City, where he died on February 10, 1886. His body was interred in the Northport family cemetery. Congressman Townsend Scudder was his nephew.

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SURNAME	Scudder, Henry Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Northport , New York
DATE OF DEATH	February 10, 1886
Place of death	New York City