John Vernon Henry

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John V. Henry

John Vernon (or Vernor)^[1] Henry (1767 – October 22, 1829) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

John V. Henry was born in 1767, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Vernor Henry.^[1] He was admitted to the bar in 1782. He was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly from Albany County from 1800 to 1802. He was New York State Comptroller from 1800 to 1801. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801.

John V. Henry was married to Charlotte Seaton (or Seton), whose sister was married to his brother, Robert R.^[1] He died of apoplexy in 1829, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "John V. Henry". The People of Colonial Albany Live Here. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

Sources

Political Graveyard
Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 34; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Notable people's bios, at Albany Rural Cemetery

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel Jones	New York State Comptroller 1800–1801	Succeeded by Elisha Jenkins

v t e New York State Comptrollers

Sands* Curtenius Jones Henry Jenkins McIntyre Savage Marcy S Wright Flagg Cooke Collier Flagg Fillmore Hunt Fuller J Wright Cook Burrows Church Denniston Robinson Hillhouse Allen Nichols Hopkins Robinson Olcott Wadsworth Davenport Chapin Wemple Campbell Roberts Morgan Gilman Knight Miller Kelsey Wilson Glynn Gaus Kelsey* Williams Sohmer Travis Wendell Maier Fleming Murphy Tremaine Yates* O'Leary Moore McGovern Levitt Regan McCall Hevesi Sanzillo* DiNapoli

* as Auditor General, as Auditor, * Acting

Persondata
Name	Henry, John Vernon
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1767
Place of birth
Date of death	October 22, 1829
Place of death

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