Henry Harrison Hathorn (November 28, 1813 – February 20, 1887) was a businessman and Republican

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from New York.

Personal

Born in

Greenfield, New York Greenfield is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,362 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Greenfield, New Hampshire. It is located northwest of Saratoga Springs, which it borders, and students living ...

, Hathorn attended the common schools and was graduated from the public schools of Greenfield. He died at

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on February 20, 1887, and was interred in

Greenridge Cemetery Greenridge Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Saratoga Springs, New York. Notable burials * Seymour Ainsworth (1821–1890) * George Sherman Batcheller (1837–1908) * George S. Bolster (1913–1989) * Charles Brackett (1892–1969) * Edgar T. ...

Business career

Hathorn engaged in mercantile pursuits in Saratoga Springs from 1839 to 1849. He discovered and plumbed the "Hathorn Mineral Spring" and was the proprietor of Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs. In 1854 he purchased "Congress Hall" and expanded it, adding another story and a ballroom.

Political career

Hathorn served as Sheriff of Saratoga County from 1853 to 1856 and 1862 to 1865. He was

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of Saratoga Springs in 1858, 1860, 1866, and 1867. Hathorn was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877).

References

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