William Henry (March 22, 1788 – April 16, 1861) was an American manufacturer and banker. He represented

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in the

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from 1847 to 1851.

Biography

Henry was born on March 22, 1788, in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. He attended the common schools and then engaged in business in

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. He married Fanny Goodhue. He engaged in manufacturing in Vermont, New York, and Jaffery, New Hampshire. When he moved to

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, in 1831, he engaged in banking as well. He served as a member of the

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in 1834; a member of the

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in 1836; a delegate from Vermont in 1839 to the Whig

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at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serving as (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Balloting Committee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); and

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for Vermont in 1840. He was also a director of the Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company. Henry was elected US Representative as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. When he was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress, he resumed banking. He was Presidential Elector for Vermont in 1860.

Death

Henry died in

, on April 16, 1861.

References

External links

Henry’s biographic note at US Congress website
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Govtrack US Congress

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, William 1788 births 1861 deaths Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont 19th-century American politicians