Henry W. Palmer
Henry Wilbur Palmer (July 10, 1839 – February 15, 1913) was a
Early life
Henry W. Palmer was born in
Career
In 1861 he was admitted to the bar in Peekskill, New York, and in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1861. He served as prothonotary's clerk in 1861, and served in the pay department of the Union Army at New Orleans in 1862 and 1863. He was a member of the constitutional convention of Pennsylvania in 1872 and 1873, and served as attorney general of the State in 1879 through 1883.
Palmer was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses. He was one of the managers appointed by the United States House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States Court for the Northern District of Florida. He was again elected to the Sixty-first Congress. He practiced law until his death in Wilkes-Barre on February 15, 1913.[1] He was interred in Hollenback Cemetery.
Family
Henry Palmer married Ellen Webster in September 1861. Ellen W. Palmer was an important social reformer of the late nineteenth century, particularly known for her work in securing fair pay for
Palmer had six children, two sons and four daughters. Their eldest son,
References
- ^ a b "Henry W. Palmer Claimed By Death". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. February 16, 1913. p. 17. Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kulp, George Brubake (2009). "Henry Wilbur Palmer". Families of the Wyoming Valley. BiblioLife. pp. 194–203.
- ^ "Ellen Webster Palmer - Wilkes University". Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ Bradley Palmer
Sources
- United States Congress. "Henry W. Palmer (id: P000040)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
- Ellen W. Palmer Archived December 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
- Bradley Palmer
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