Henry J. Seaman

Henry J. Seaman

Henry John Seaman (April 16, 1805 - May 3, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Marshland (now Greenridge), Staten Island, New York, Seaman engaged in agricultural pursuits. Promoter of Richmond village in 1836.

Seaman was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847).He served as director of the Staten Island Railroad in 1851. Secretary of the Plank Road Co. in 1856. Constructed the bridge over Fresh Kills.He died on Staten Island, New York, May 3, 1861.He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.

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