Background
Humphrey was born on January 22, 1850, in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York, the son of Lester Hayden Humphrey (1799–1884) and Hannah (Blakeley) Humphrey (1807-1902).
Humphrey was born on January 22, 1850, in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York, the son of Lester Hayden Humphrey (1799–1884) and Hannah (Blakeley) Humphrey (1807-1902).
He attended the common schools, and Arcade and Warsaw academies.
He moved with his family to Warsaw, New York in 1865. He engaged in the tanning and leather trade until 1872, and was Vice President of the Wyoming County National Bank from 1873-1888. In 1885, he began the manufacture of salt in Warsaw, and in 1888 co-established a salt plant at Hutchinson, Kansas.
He also continued to engage in the manufacture of salt in Pavilion and Ithaca.
While in the State Senate, he served as Chairman of the Committee of Banks, and worked on reforming bank taxation laws. He died during the legislative session, on March 17, 1902, at his lodgings in Albany, of pneumonia.
And was buried at the Warsaw Town Cemetery in Warsaw, New New York
He served as a member of the New York State Senate. Humphrey was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention, and a member of the New York State Senate (46th District) from 1896 until his death in 1902, sitting in the 119th, 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th and 125th New York State Legislatures.