Henry Mitchell (New York politician)
This article was imported in part or in full from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. |
Henry Mitchell | |
---|---|
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district | |
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | |
Preceded by | John A. Collier |
Succeeded by | William Mason |
Personal details | |
Born | 1784 Woodbury, Connecticut |
Died | January 12, 1856 Norwich, New York | (aged 71–72)
Political party | Jacksonian |
Henry Mitchell (1784 – January 12, 1856) was a United States Representative from New York. He was the son of John Mitchell and Elizabeth Sherman (daughter of Rev. Josiah Sherman and Martha Minott); she was the niece of founding father Roger Sherman and the sister of Roger Minott Sherman.
Mitchell was born in Woodbury, Connecticut in 1784. He pursued classical studies under private tutors and graduated from the medical department of Yale College in 1804; engaged in the practice of medicine in Norwich, New York; member of the New York State Assembly in 1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the 23rd United States Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835); resumed the practice of medicine; died in Norwich, New York on January 12, 1856; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Henry Mitchell (id: M000813)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Henry Mitchell Family Tree
- Henry Sherman Family Papers
- Roger Minott Sherman Papers
- DAR Helen Garvin Foote
- Henry's Wife Rowena Wales Mitchell Tree
- Henry Mitchell Find A Grave
- 1784 births
- 1856 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- Yale College alumni
- New York (state) Jacksonians
- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- People from Woodbury, Connecticut
- New York (state) United States Representative stubs