Henry Fisk Janes

Henry Fisk Janes ( born October 10, 1792 in Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, † June 6, 1879 in Waterbury, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1834 and 1837 he represented the fifth electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Janes moved in his youth with his parents in Calais, Vermont, where he received an academic education. Jane took part as a soldier in the British -American War of 1812. After studying law in Montpelier and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in his new job in 1817 in Waterbury.

From 1820 to 1830 Janes was also postmaster in Waterbury. From 1830 to 1834 he was a member of the Governing Council of Vermont (State Legislative Council ). After the death of Congressman Benjamin F. Deming Henry Janes was elected in 1834 as the candidate of the short-lived Anti- Masonic Party in a by-election in the fifth district of Vermont as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1836 he was able to remain between 2 December 1834, 3 March 1837 Congress. In the elections of 1836 he was defeated by Democrat Isaac Fletcher.

Between 1838 and 1841 Jane officiated as Minister of Finance of the State of Vermont. In the years 1854, 1861 and 1862 he was a member of the City Council of Waterbury. In 1855 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Vermont. Otherwise, he has held no other higher political office more. Henry Janes died in June 1879 in Waterbury and was also buried there.

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