Anson Herrick

Anson Herrick (January 21, 1812 - February 6, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.

Born in Lewiston, Maine, Herrick attended public school. He was a son of Ebenezer Herrick. Later on he learned the art of printing.He established the_Citizen at Wiscasset, Maine, in 1833,and moved to New York City in 1836.He established the New York Atlas in 1838, which he continued until his death in 1868He served as a member of the board of aldermen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Alderman#United_States] 1854-1856.He served as naval storekeeper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storekeeper] for the port of New York 1857-1861.

Herrick was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress, and subsequentlyresumed his journalistic pursuits.He served as a delegate to the Union National Convention [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_National_Convention] at Philadelphia in 1866.He died in New York City February 6, 1868, andwas interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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