Henry R. Low

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Henry R. Low (September 23, 1826 Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York – December 1, 1888 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of John A. Low and Charlotte (Drake) Low (d. 1848). He studied law with Archibald C. Niven in Monticello, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in partnership with Niven. In 1854, he married Mary C. Watkins (d. 1881), daughter of State Senator John D. Watkins, and they had five children. Low was Judge and Surrogate of the Sullivan County Court from 1857 to 1861.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1862 and 1863. In November 1863, Low ran for re-election, but his former law partner Niven was declared elected. Low contested Niven's election, and was seated in the State Senate for the 88th Session on January 17, 1865. He was re-elected in 1865, and continued in the Senate in 1866 and 1867. Afterwards he resumed his law practice in Middletown, Orange County, New York.

In 1882, he ran for Congress in the 15th District, but was defeated by Democrat John H. Bagley, Jr. Low was again a member of the State Senate (13th D.) from 1884 until his death, sitting in the 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th and 111th New York State Legislatures. He was President pro tempore during his last session.

He died of kidney disease, and was buried at the Hillside Cemetery in Middletown.

Sources

The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 436 and 443f)
Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63 by William D. Murphy (1863; pg. 83ff)

External links

Henry R. Low at Find a Grave

New York State Senate
Preceded by Robert Y. Grant	New York State Senate 9th District 1862–1863	Succeeded by Archibald C. Niven
Preceded by Archibald C. Niven	New York State Senate 9th District 1865–1867	Succeeded by William Cauldwell
Preceded by James Mackin	New York State Senate 13th District 1884–1888	Succeeded by Peter Ward
Political offices
Preceded by Edmund L. Pitts	President pro tempore of the New York State Senate 1888	Succeeded by Jacob Sloat Fassett

v t e Presidents pro tempore/Majority Leaders of the New York State Senate

Robertson McCarthy vacant (1882) Jacobs McCarthy Pitts Low Fassett Cantor Saxton O'Connor Ellsworth Raines Allds Cobb Wagner Wagner/Murtaugh Brown Walters Lusk Walker Knight Fearon Dunnigan Pitcher Hanley Feinberg Wicks Mahoney Zaretzki Brydges Anderson Marino Bruno Skelos Smith Espada/Skelos Leadership crisis Smith/Espada Skelos

Persondata
Name	Low, Henry R
Alternative names
Short description	American lawyer and politician
Date of birth	September 23, 1826
Place of birth	Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York
Date of death	December 1, 1888
Place of death	New York City

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