About Henry Traphagen
Lived 1842 – 1918 (aged 76). Henry Traphagen was an American lawyer and politician.
Henry Traphagen (June 1, 1842 – October 11, 1918) was a lawyer and the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, for the Democratic Party from May 4, 1874, to April 30, 1876.
Early life He was born on June 1, 1842, in Jersey City to Henry Mackaness Traphagen and Sarah Conselyea. He had a brother, New York State Senator William C. Traphagen, who was the father of bank president John C. Traphagen. He was the great-grandson of former Jersey City mayor Cornelius Van Vorst. He was a descendant of Willem Traphagen, from Lemgo, County of Lippe, who settled in Manhattan in 1652. He studied at Rutgers College and Brown University and became an attorney in 1864.
Career He was elected mayor and served one term, from May 4, 1874, to April 30, 1876.
Personal life He married Annie Matilda Cambell (1847-1919) on November 9, 1869.
He died on October 11, 1918, in Tenafly, New Jersey.
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American politician (1842-1918)
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