Henry Van Aernam

Henry Van Aernam ( born March 11, 1819 in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, † June 1, 1894 in Franklinville, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1869, and again from 1879 to 1883, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Van Aernam enjoyed a classical education. After a subsequent medical studies and his medical license, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1858 he was a deputy in the New York State Assembly. Between 1862 and 1864 he served in the Civil War as a doctor in the army of the Union.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Van Aernam was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington in 31 electoral district of New York. D.C. chosen, where he became the successor of Reuben Fenton on March 4, 1865. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1869 two legislative sessions. Since 1865 the work of the Congress of the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson was charged, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment. In addition, ratified time as a deputy of the 13th and the 14th Amendment in Van Aernams.

Between 1869 and 1871 Van Aernam was board commissioner. In the elections of 1878 he was elected to Congress again in the 33rd district of his state, where he replaced George Washington Patterson on March 4, 1879. After a re-election in 1880, he could spend up to March 3, 1883 two further terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. After the end of his time as a Congressman Henry Van Aernam practiced as a doctor in Franklinville. He is also passed on June 1, 1894.