Henry Augustus Reeves (December 7, 1832 – March 4, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1869 to 1871.

Biography

Born in Sag Harbor, New York, Reeves attended private schools in Sag Harbor, the

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, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor for three years, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1852. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar. He edited the Republican Watchman in Greenport from 1858 until his death.

Congress

Reeves was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871). He resumed newspaper interests.

Later career and death

He was the supervisor of Southold Town from 1872 to 1894. He was a member of the

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(Suffolk Co.) in

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. He served as member of the State commission in lunacy from 1889 to 1897. He died in Greenport, New York on March 4, 1916. He was interred in

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, Southampton, New York.

Sources

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