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Henry Traphagen

Henry Traphagen
19th Mayor of Jersey City
In office
May 4, 1874 – April 30, 1876
Preceded by Charles H. O'Neill
Succeeded by Charles Seidler
Personal details
Born (1842-06-01)June 1, 1842
Jersey City, New Jersey
Died October 11, 1918(1918-10-11) (aged 76)
Tenafly, New Jersey
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Annie Matilda Cambell (m. 1869–1918)
Children Sarah Conselyea Drayton, Henry Mackaness Traphagen, Anne Campbell Wortendyke, William Conselyea Traphagen, Frederick Putnam Traphagen
Parents Henry Mackaness Traphagen
Residence Jersey City, New Jersey

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.

He was born on June 1, 1842, in Jersey City to Henry Mackaness Traphagen and Sarah Conselyea. He had a brother, William C. Traphagen. He was the great-grandson of former Jersey City mayor Cornelius Van Vorst. He was a descendant of Willem Traphagen, from Lemgo, Lippe, who settled in Manhattan in 1652. He studied at Rutgers College and Brown University and became an attorney in 1864.

He married Annie Matilda Cambell (1847-1919) on November 9, 1869.

He was elected mayor and served one term, from May 4, 1874 to April 30, 1876.

He died on October 11, 1918 in Tenafly, New Jersey.



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