Henry R. Selden
Henry R. Selden | |
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| Lieutenant Governor of New York | |
| In office January 1, 1857 – December 31, 1858 | |
| Governor | John A. King |
| Preceded by | Henry J. Raymond |
| Succeeded by | Robert Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Rogers Selden October 14, 1805 Lyme, Connecticut |
| Died | September 18, 1885(aged 79) Rochester, New York |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery |
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| Spouse |
Laura Anne Baldwin (m.1834) |
| Children | 5, includingGeorge |
Henry Rogers Selden(October 14, 1805 – September 18, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician. He was thelieutenant governor of New Yorkfrom 1857 to 1858. He defendedSusan B. Anthonyin her 1873 trial for unlawfully voting as a woman.[1]
Life[edit]
He was born in 1805 inLyme, Connecticutand moved toRochester, New York,in 1825 to study law in the firm ofAddison Gardinerand Selden's brotherSamuel L. Selden.He was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice inClarkson, New York.
On September 25, 1834, Selden married Laura Anne Baldwin at Clarkson, and they had three sons and two daughters, among themGeorge Baldwin Selden,who became the first person to be granted a patent for theautomobile.
Selden became the case reporter for theNew York State Court of Appealsin 1851. Originally aDemocrat,he became an abolitionist and founding member of the New YorkRepublican Partyin 1856, and was elected Lieutenant Governor that November. In 1858,Yale Collegeconferred the degree ofLL.D.on him. He returned to Rochester in 1859. He was a Delegate to the1860 Republican National Convention.
In July 1862, Henry R. Selden was appointed a judge of theNew York Court of Appealsto fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother Samuel. InNovember 1863,he was elected to succeed himself for an eight-year term, but resigned on January 2, 1865. He was a member of theNew York State Assembly(Monroe Co., 2nd D.) in1866.
In 1870, he was nominated by the Republican Party for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, but was defeated by DemocratSanford E. Church.In 1872, Selden was a delegate to the national convention of theLiberal Republican PartyinCincinnati.Partisan bickering there led him to retire from politics. He spent the latter portion of the year and the first half of 1873 involved in Anthony's case, for which he never billed Anthony. Selden retired from the practice of law in 1879.
He was buried near Anthony at theMount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.
Selden, New Yorkis named for him.[2]
References[edit]
- [1]Political Graveyard
- ^Alan Dershowitz,America on trial: inside the legal battles that transformed our nation,p.174 (2004)(ISBN978-0446520584)
- ^Bayles, Richard Mather.Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County(Port Jefferson, New York, 1874)
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