Anson Herrick

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Anson Herrick (January 21, 1812 - February 6, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from New York, son of Ebenezer Herrick.

Born in Lewiston, Maine, Herrick attended public school. Later on he learned the art of printing. He established the_Citizen at Wiscasset, Maine, in 1833, and moved to New York City in 1836. He established the New York Atlas in 1838, which he continued until his death in 1868 He served as a member of the board of aldermen[[1]] 1854-1856. He served as naval storekeeper[[2]] for the port of New York 1857-1861.

Herrick was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress, and subsequently resumed his journalistic pursuits. He served as a delegate[[3]] to the Union National Convention[[4]] at Philadelphia in 1866. He died in New York City February 6, 1868, and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery[[5]], Brooklyn, New York.

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• Anson Herrick at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Anson Herrick at Find A Grave