Background
Born in Colchester, Connecticut, the son of General
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Born in Colchester, Connecticut, the son of General
He was graduated from Yale College in 1836 where he was an 1836 initiate into the Skull and Bones Society, and from the Harvard Law School in 1839.
David and Abigail (Champion) Deming.Deming pursued classical studies. He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and began practice in New York City but devoted his time chiefly to literary work. At this time he was engaged with Park Benjamin, Senior in editing The New World, a literary weekly, and at this time also he published a translation of Eugène Sue"s The Wandering Jew.
He moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1847, and opened a law office.
In 1854 he was elected Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut and served until 1858, and again from 1860 to 1862. At the close of the year 1861, he was appointed Colonel of the 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, and accompanied General
Butler"s expedition to New Orleans. Deming was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress. In 1868 he wrote a life of Ulysses South. Grant, The Life of Ulysses South. Grant, which had an extensive sale. In the following year he was appointed by the President, Collector of Internal Revenue, and this office he held until his death, which occurred at his residence in Hartford, October
9th, 1872.
He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery. Besides his Congressional speeches, Colonel Deming published a Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, delivered before the General Assembly of Connecticut, in 1865.
An Oration delivered at the completion of the Monument to General
Wooster, at Danbury, Connecticut in 1854, and many other public addresses. These with his unpublished writings abundantly attest his great fertility of intellect.
His personal power as an orator was equally remarkable. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Trinity College in 1861.
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Putnam, who survived him. Henry Champion Deming, Junior. (November 25, 1850 – January 19, 1931), president Mercantile Trust Company
Charles Clerc Deming (May 22, 1852 – July 23, 1924), lawyer and railroad executive.
Laurent Clerc Deming (November 21, 1860 – October 12, 1945), railroad executive
Mary Shipman Deming (d November 11, 1861)
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In 1849, 1850, 1859 and 1860, he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.