Henry G. Stebbins
| Col. Henry G. Stebbins | |
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Col. Stebbins in 1863
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1863 – October 24, 1864 |
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| Preceded by | Edward H. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Dwight Townsend |
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| Born |
September 15, 1811 Ridgefield, Connecticut |
| Died | December 9, 1881 (aged 70) Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Augusta Weston (m. 1831; his death 1881) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents | John Stebbins Mary Largin |
| Relatives | Emma Stebbins |
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| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 New York State Militia
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| Rank | Colonel |
Col. Henry George Stebbins (September 15, 1811 – December 9, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
Henry George Stebbins was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut to Mary Largin (1783–1874) and John Stebbins (1783–1834), a president of the North River Bank. The sculptress Emma Stebbins was his sister. Another sister, Mary Stebbins Garland, documented her sister's life posthumously in a biography and a scrapbook, entitled Notes on the Art Life of Emma Stebbins (1888). In the scrapbook, Garland arranged images of Stebbins' works created between 1857 and 1870.
In 1833, Stebbins became a member of the representing the firm S. Jaudan & Co. He was the President of the Exchange for three periods: 1851-52, 1858–59 and 1863-64. In 1859, he founded the brokerage firm Henry G. Stebbins & Son. In September 1847, he was elected colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, a commission he didn't accept until May 15, 1848. He was commander of the regiment when it figured prominently in the Astor Place Riot and resigned in 1855.
Stebbins was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1863, until his resignation on October 24, 1864. He was a member of the Ways and Means Committee.
While in Congress, he stated that he "favored a vigorous prosecution of the war, until the authority of the Government should be reestablished over every part of the United States."
On 7 January 1868, he was elected president of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway. He was at one time vice president of the Texas Pacific Railroad. At the time of his death, he was a Director, and the real estate agent, of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroads.
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