Henry Augustus Reeves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Augustus Reeves

American politician

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1832

Place of Birth: Sag Harbor, New York, United States

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1916

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Henry Augustus Reeves (December 7, 1832 – March 4, 1916) was a U.S.
Representative from New York. Born in Sag Harbor, New York, Reeves attended private schools in Sag Harbor, the Southampton Academy, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor for three years, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1852.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar.
He edited the Republican Watchman in Greenport from 1858 until his death. Reeves was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871).
He resumed newspaper interests.
He was the supervisor of Southold Town from 1872 to 1894.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Suffolk Co.) in 1887.
He served as member of the State commission in lunacy from 1889 to 1897.
He died in Greenport, New York on March 4, 1916.
He was interred in Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, New York.