Henry A. Reeves

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(December 7, 1832 — March 4, 1916) Henry Augustus Reeves was an American politician and lawyer. Reeves was born in Sag Harbor, New York in 1832. There he attended private schools and later graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York. Reeves studied law and was admitted to the bar. He worked as editor of the Republican Watchman and acted in that capacity from 1858 until his death in 1916. Reeves was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. After serving in Congress, he returned to working in newspaper and also served in the New York State Assembly in 1887. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000138]

Member of New York Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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