Henry Fisk Janes (October 10, 1792 – June 6, 1879) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a

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from

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Biography

Janes was born in Brimfield,

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and moved with his parents to Calais,

where he pursued academic studies. He served in the

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as an officer in Captain Gideon Wheelock's company of Vermont Militia, and participated in the Battle of Plattsburgh. He studied law in Montpelier and was

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. He began the

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. He was Postmaster from 1820 until 1830. He served as a member of the Governor's Council from 1830 until 1834. Janes was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Deming and was reelected to the

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, serving from December 2, 1834, until March 3, 1837. He was an unsuccessful Anti-Masonic candidate for reelection in 1836. He was the

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from 1838 until 1841 as a Whig, and served as a member of the state council of censors in 1848. Janes joined the Republican Party at its creation in the mid-1850s, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1854, 1855, 1861, and 1862.

Personal life

In 1827 Janes married Fanny Butler, the daughter of

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Ezra Butler. Their daughter Helen Maria was born in 1828, and their son Henry Janes was born in 1832 and died in 1915. Henry Janes was a physician during the

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, and attained the rank of

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as surgeon general of the

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Death

Janes died on June 6, 1879, in

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, and is interred at Hope Cemetery in Waterbury.

References

External links

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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