Henry R. Selden | |
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| Lieutenant Governor of New York | |
| In office January 1, 1857 – December 31, 1858 | |
| Governor | John A. King |
| Preceded by | Henry J. Raymond |
| Succeeded by | Robert Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Rogers Selden October 14, 1805 Lyme, Connecticut |
| Died | September 18, 1885 (aged 79) Rochester, New York |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery |
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| Spouse |
Laura Anne Baldwin (m. 1834) |
| Children | 5, including George |
Henry Rogers Selden (October 14, 1805 – September 18, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the lieutenant governor of New York from 1857 to 1858. He defended Susan B. Anthony in her 1873 trial for unlawfully voting as a woman.[1]
- ^ Alan Dershowitz, America on trial: inside the legal battles that transformed our nation, p.174 (2004)(ISBN 978-0446520584)