Henry Bristow
Encyclopedia
Henry Bristow was a Republican
U.S. Representative
from New York
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, Bristow immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, New York.
He attended public and private schools.
He served as a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment, New York State Militia, from April 26, 1861, to June 3, 1861, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1896.
He was appointed city magistrate in 1896.
He served as a member of the board of education of Brooklyn from 1880 to 1889.
to the Fifty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth
Congress.
He was appointed public administrator of Brooklyn, New York, in 1904 and served until his death in that city October 11, 1906.
He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery
.
Republican Party (United States)
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U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
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Life Before Politics
Born in St. Michael, AzoresAzores
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, Bristow immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, New York.
He attended public and private schools.
He served as a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment, New York State Militia, from April 26, 1861, to June 3, 1861, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1896.
He was appointed city magistrate in 1896.
He served as a member of the board of education of Brooklyn from 1880 to 1889.
Political career
Bristow was elected as a RepublicanRepublican 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).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth
58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...
Congress.
He was appointed public administrator of Brooklyn, New York, in 1904 and served until his death in that city October 11, 1906.
He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County , New York. It was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S. Department of the Interior.-History:...
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