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James Humphrey (October 9, 1811June 16, 1866) was a
James Humphrey (October 9, 1811June 16, 1866) was a U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from New York.
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Located within the New York metropolitan area ...
, Humphrey pursued classical studies under his father Heman Humphrey
Heman Humphrey (March 26, 1779 – April 3, 1861) was a 19th-century United States, American author and minister (religion), clergyman who served as a trustee of Williams College and afterward as the second academic administration, president of A ...
. He was graduated from Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...
in 1831. He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and practiced.
He moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1837 and one year later to Brooklyn, New York.
Humphrey was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress and for election in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.
Humphrey was elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1865, until his death in Brooklyn, New York, June 16, 1866.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-ninth Congress).
He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1790 and 1899. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in ...
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