Henry J. Seaman
{{Short description|American politician (1805–1861)}}
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|name=Henry J. Seaman
|state=New York
|district={{ushr|NY|2|2nd}}
|term_start=March 4, 1845
|term_end=March 3, 1847
|predecessor=Henry C. Murphy
|successor=Henry C. Murphy
|birth_name=Henry John Seaman
|birth_date={{birth date|1805|4|16}}
|birth_place=New York City, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1861|5|3|1805|4|16}}
|death_place=New York City, U.S.
|resting_place=Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City, U.S.
|party=American
|profession=Politician
}}
Henry John Seaman (April 16, 1805 – May 3, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
He was born on April 16, 1805, in Greenridge, Staten Island. Seaman engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Promoter of Richmond village in 1836.
Seaman was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847).
He served as director of the Staten Island Railroad in 1851.
Secretary of the Plank Road Co. in 1856.
Constructed the bridge over Fresh Kills.
He died at Marshland, Staten Island on May 3, 1861.{{cite news |title=Henry J. Seaman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1861/05/05/news/died.html |quote=At Marshland, Staten Island, on Friday, May 3, Hon. Henry J. Seaman, aged 58 years. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend his funeral, from Trinity Church, New-York, on Monday, the 6th inst., at 3 o'clock, without further invitation. |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 5, 1861 |access-date=2015-01-06 }} He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.
References
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Category:Politicians from Staten Island
Category:Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives