Henry Horn (1786January 12, 1862) was a
Jacksonian member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Henry Horn was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Philadelphia.
Horn was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Twenty-third Congress in
1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plant ...
. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and served as collector of customs at Philadelphia from May 12, 1845, until August 4, 1846. He died in
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Flourtown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Flourtown is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Erdenheim, Oreland, Whitemarsh, and Chestnut Hill. The population of Flourtown was 4,538 ...
, in 1862. He was interred in
Woodlands Cemetery
The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a Federal-style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a ...
in Philadelphia.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
External links
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Pennsylvania lawyers
Politicians from Philadelphia
1786 births
1862 deaths
Burials at The Woodlands Cemetery
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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