Henry May (Maryland)

Henry May ( born February 13, 1816 in Washington DC; † September 25, 1866 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1863 he represented two times the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry May enjoyed an academic education and then studied at Columbian College, which later became George Washington University. After a subsequent law degree in 1840 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. President Franklin Pierce sent him to Mexico, to verify claims from the peace treaty following the Mexican-American War.

In the congressional elections of 1852 May was selected in the fifth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Alexander Evans on March 4, 1853. Since he has not been confirmed in 1854, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. This was determined by the discussions about slavery.

In the May elections of 1860 was chosen as a Unionist in the fourth district of his state again in Congress, where he Henry Winter Davis replaced on March 4, 1861. Until March 3, 1863, he could spend another term in Congress, which was shaped by the events of the Civil War. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Henry May withdrew from politics. He died on September 25, 1866 in Baltimore, where he was also buried.