Henry Bristow (June 5, 1840 – October 11, 1906) was a Portuguese-born Republican

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Life Before Politics

Born in São Miguel Island,

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, Bristow immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in

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. He attended public and private schools. He served as a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment, New York State Militia, from April 26, 1861, to June 3, 1861, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1896. He was appointed city magistrate in 1896. He served as a member of the board of education of Brooklyn from 1880 to 1889.

Political career

Bristow was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress. He was appointed public administrator of

, in 1904 and served until his death in that city October 11, 1906. He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bristow, Henry 1840 births 1906 deaths Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American legislators Portuguese emigrants to the United States