Halbert S. Greenleaf

Halbert Stevens Greenleaf ( born April 12, 1827 in Guilford, Vermont, † August 25 1906 in Greece, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1885, and again from 1891 to 1893, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Halbert Greenleaf attended the common schools and received a subsequent academic training. He later moved to Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, where he made door locks. In this context, he founded the company Yale & Greenleaf Lock Co. In 1856 he was served with a magistrate. A year later he was a captain in the state militia of Massachusetts. Since 1862, he served during the Civil War first as a Captain and then as a colonel in the army of the Union. He then worked for several years in a saltern near New Orleans in Louisiana. Since 1867 he lived in Rochester, New York where he produced door locks again.

Politically, Greenleaf joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1882 he was in the 30th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Republican John Van Voorhis on March 4, 1883. Since he has not been confirmed in 1884, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1885. In the elections of 1890 Greenleaf was re-elected in the 30th district of his state in Congress, where he Republican Charles S. Baker replaced on March 4, 1891, which was in 1885 became his successor. Since he resigned in 1892 to further candidacy, he could spend in Congress until March 3, 1893 again only one term in office.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Halbert Greenleaf took his previous activities on again. In 1896, he withdrew into retirement. He died on 25 August 1906 in his summer home in Greece near Charlotte.