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Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

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Personal name headingRaymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
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Variant(s)Raymond, Henry Jarvis, 1820-1869
Raymond, H. J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
Birth date1820
Death date1869
Place of birthLima (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationEditor Politician Legislator
Found inNUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Congar, H.N. Papers, 1863-1905 (Henry J. Raymond)
LC data base, 4-10-87 (hdg.: Raymond, Henry Jarvis, 1820-1869; usage: Henry J. Raymond)
DAB, 1935 (Raymond, Henry Jarvis, 1820-1869, editor, politician; b. Lima, N.Y.; s. Jarvis and Lavinia (Brockway) R.; chief asst. of New York Tribune, 1841; edit. of New York Daily Times; elect. to 39th Congress, 1865)
WWWA, 1607-1896 (Raymond, Henry Jarvis m. Juliette Weaver, 1843; d. N.Y.C., 1869)
Restoration and the president's policy, 1866: t.p. (speech of H.J. Raymond of New York)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Sept. 7, 2017 (RAYMOND, Henry Jarvis, a Representative from New York; born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1820; attended the common schools; was graduated from the Univ. of Vermont at Burlington in 1840; moved to New York City and studied law; engaged in journalism; was connected with the New York Tribune 1841-1848, with the Courier and Enquirer 1848-1850, and with Harper's Magazine in 1850; member of the State assembly in 1850 and 1851 and served as speaker in the latter year; established the New York Times in 1851; delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852; Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1854; declined a renomination; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; again a member of the State assembly in 1862 and served as speaker; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed newspaper activities with the New York Times; died in New York City, June 18, 1869; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.)