Henry B. Quinby

Henry Brewer Quinby


52nd Governor of New Hampshire
In office January 7, 1909 – January 5, 1911
Preceded by	Charles M. Floyd
Succeeded by	Robert P. Bass
Member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire
In office 1891–1892
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1889–1890
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office 1887–1888
Personal details
Born	(1846-06-10)June 10, 1846 Biddeford, Maine, U.S.
Died	February 8, 1924(1924-02-08) (aged 77) New York, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Octavia M. Cole
Children	Henry Cole Quinby Candace Ellen Quinby
Alma mater	Bowdoin College, A.B., 1869 Bowdoin College, A.M., 1872 National Medical College, 1880
Profession	Physician Businessman Politician
Religion	Unitarian

Henry Brewer Quinby (June 10, 1846 – February 8, 1924) was an American physician, businessman, and Republican politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He was the 52nd Governor of New Hampshire and served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Senate.

Early life

Quinby was born in Biddeford, Maine to Thomas and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby. He earned a bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College in 1869 and a A.M. degree from Bowdoin in 1872. In 1880, he graduated from the National Medical College in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Political career

He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1887-1888 and in the New Hampshire Senate from 1889-1890. He was on the New Hampshire Executive Council in 1891 and 1892.^[2] In 1893, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Quinby was chairman of the 1896 State Republican Convention.

He was elected as a Republican candidate to the office of governor in 1908.^[3]^[4] After leaving office, he retired from politics.

He died in 1924 in New York City.

Personal life

On June 22, 1870, Quinby married Octavia M. Cole and they had two children, Henry Cole Quinby and Candace Ellen Quinby.^[5]

References

↑ "Guide to the Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1925) and Henry Cole Quinby (1872-1922) Papers, 1863-1927". University of New Hampshire Library. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
↑ Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine, Volumes 43-44. 1911. p. 353.
↑ Metcalf, Henry Harrison and Abbott, Frances Matilda (1919). One Thousand New Hampshire Notables: Brief Biographical Sketches of New Hampshire Men and Women, Native Or Resident, Prominent in Public, Professional, Business, Educational, Fraternal Or Benevolent Work. Rumford Printing Company. p. 301.
↑ New England Magazine Company (1909). The New England Magazine, Volume 39. New England Magazine Company. p. 164.
↑ Hammon, Otis Grant (1912). The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress, Volume 44. J.N. McClintock. p. 354.

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Political offices
Preceded by Charles M. Floyd	Governor of New Hampshire 1909–1911	Succeeded by Robert P. Bass

Governors of New Hampshire

Weare Langdon Sullivan Langdon Sullivan J. Bartlett Gilman Langdon J. Smith Langdon Plumer Gilman Plumer S. Bell Woodbury Morril Pierce J. Bell Pierce Harvey Dinsmoor Badger Hill Page Hubbard Steele Colby Williams Dinsmoor Jr. Martin Baker Metcalf Haile Goodwin Berry Gilmore Smyth Harriman Stearns Weston Straw Weston Cheney Prescott Head C. Bell Hale Currier Sawyer Goodell Tuttle J. B. Smith Busiel Ramsdell Rollins Jordan Bachelder McLane Floyd Quinby Bass Felker R. Spaulding Keyes J. H. Bartlett A. Brown F. Brown Winant H. Spaulding Tobey Winant Bridges Murphy Blood Dale Adams H. Gregg Dwinell Powell King Peterson Thomson Gallen Roy (acting) Sununu J. Gregg Merrill Shaheen Benson Lynch Hassan

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