About Henry W. Archer
Lived 1813 – 1887 (aged 74). Henry W. Archer was an American lawyer and politician.
Henry Wilson Archer (April 18, 1813 – July 8, 1887) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Harford County in 1844.
Early life Henry Wilson Archer was born on April 18, 1813, in Stafford, Harford County, Maryland, as the second son of Ann and John Archer. His father was a physician. He attended Yale University from 1829 to 1830, but left during the Conic Sections Rebellion. He then attended Hobart College for a time before graduating from Union College in 1831. He read law with his brother-in-law Albert Constable. He was admitted to the bar in Baltimore in 1835. He served in Maryland's constitutional convention of 1867.
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American politician (1813–1887)
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Henry W. Archer was born on 18 April 1813.
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Henry W. Archer died on 8 July 1887.
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Henry W. Archer was a lawyer and politician.
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