Henry W. Harrington

Henry William Harrington (* September 12, 1825 in Cooperstown, New York, † March 20, 1882 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Harrington attended the common schools and then from 1845 to 1848, the Temple Hill Academy in Livingston County. After studying law in Geneseo and his admission to the bar he began in Nunda to work in this profession. In 1856 he moved to Madison, Indiana, where he also practiced law.

Politically, Harrington was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1860, 1868 and 1872, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. In the congressional elections of 1862 he was in the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William McKee Dunn on March 4, 1863. As he defeated Republican Ralph Hill in 1864, he was able to complete up to March 3, 1865 only one term in Congress, which was shaped by the events of the Civil War.

From 1866 to 1867 Henry Harrington worked for the IRS in the third financial district of the State of Indiana. He then practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1872 and 1874 he lived in St. Louis ( Missouri), after which he settled in Indianapolis. He is also passed on 20 March 1882.