Henry Augustus REEVES, Congress, NY (1832-1916)
REEVES, Henry Augustus, a Representative from New York; born in Sag Harbor, N.Y., December 7, 1832; attended private schools in Sag Harbor, the Southampton Academy, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor for three years, and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar; edited the Republican Watchman in Greenport from 1858 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); resumed newspaper interests; supervisor of Southold Town 1872-1894; member of the State assembly in 1887; member of the State commission in lunacy 1889-1897; died in Greenport, Suffolk County, N.Y., March 4, 1916; interment in Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, N.Y.
Bibliography
Bethauser, Margaret OâConnor. âHenry A. Reeves: The Career of a Conservative Democratic Editor, 1858-1916.â Journal of Long Island History 9 (Spring 1973): 34-43.Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
