Henry MITCHELL, Congress, NY (1784-1856)

MITCHELL Henry , a Representative from New York; born in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Conn., in 1784; pursued classical studies under private tutors and was graduated from the medical department of Yale College in 1804; engaged in the practice of medicine in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); resumed the practice of medicine; died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., January 12, 1856; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present