Anson Herrick

Anson Herrick ( born January 21, 1812 in Lewiston, Massachusetts, † February 6, 1868 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Ebenezer Herrick was his father.

Career

Anson Herrick was born about five months before the outbreak of the British - American War in Lewiston in present-day Maine and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools and learned the craft of printing. In 1833 he founded the newspaper Citizen in Wiscasset. Then he moved in 1836 to New York City. In 1838 he founded the New York Atlas - a newspaper, which he led until his death. Between 1854 and 1856 he sat on the Board of Aldermen. Then he was 1857-1861 Naval Storekeeper at the Port of New York. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress Herrick was in the ninth constituency of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Haight on March 4, 1863. In 1864 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after the March 3, 1865 from the Congress of.

After his conference time he returned to his journalistic activities. In 1866 he took part in Philadelphia as a delegate to the National Union Convention. He died on February 6, 1868 in New York City and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in the then still independent city of Brooklyn.