Background
Deming, Henry Champion was born on May 23, 1815 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of David and Abigail (Champion) Deming.
Deming, Henry Champion was born on May 23, 1815 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of David and Abigail (Champion) Deming.
Graduated from Yale, 1836. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1839, Bachelor of Laws (honorary), 1869. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, 1869.
Member Connecticut Legislature from Hartford, 1849-1850, 59-61, speaker pro tem. Member Connecticut Senate, 1851. Mayor Hartford, 1854-1859, 60-62.
Commissioned lieutenant colonel 14th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment.
Provisional mayor New Orleans, 1862-1863. Member United States, House of Representatives from Connecticut, 38th-39th congresses, 1863-1867.
Delegate Loyalist Convention, Philadelphia, 1866. United States collector internal revenue, 1869-1872.
Author: The Life of Ulysses South. Grant, General, United States Army, 1868.
Translator: Mysteries of Paris. The Wandering Jew, 1840 (both by Eugene Sue).
Member Connecticut Legislature from Hartford, 1849-1850, 59-61, speaker pro tem. Member Connecticut Senate, 1851. Member United States, House of Representatives from Connecticut, 38th-39th congresses, 1863-1867.
Married Sarah Clerc, 1850. Married second, Annie Putnam, 1871.