Harry A. Hanbury
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Harry Alfred Hanbury was a U.S. Representative
from New York
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Hanbury was born in Bristol, England and immigrated to the United States with his parents at an early age.
He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Boys' High School in New York City.
He entered mercantile life and established ironworks.
He served as delegate to State conventions in 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1906, and 1914.
Hanbury was elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903).
United States shipping commissioner, port of New York, from March 1903 to November 1909.
He established a foundry and machine works in Brooklyn, New York.
He engaged in mechanical engineering and ship reconstruction in Brooklyn, New York.
He died in Methuen, Massachusetts
, August 22, 1940.
He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Hanbury was born in Bristol, England and immigrated to the United States with his parents at an early age.
He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Boys' High School in New York City.
He entered mercantile life and established ironworks.
He served as delegate to State conventions in 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1906, and 1914.
Hanbury was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Fifty-seventh
57th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....
Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903).
United States shipping commissioner, port of New York, from March 1903 to November 1909.
He established a foundry and machine works in Brooklyn, New York.
He engaged in mechanical engineering and ship reconstruction in Brooklyn, New York.
He died in Methuen, Massachusetts
Methuen, Massachusetts
Methuen is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 43,789 at the 2000 census.-History:Methuen was first settled in 1642 and was officially incorporated in 1726; it is named for the British diplomat Sir Paul Methuen. Methuen was originally part of Haverhill,...
, August 22, 1940.
He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.