district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party profession preceded term birth_date article_title state name
4th benjamin franklin howey 2 may 1902 belvidere , new jersey , usa belvidere , new jersey , usa democrat politician , lawyer alvah a. clark march , 1883 4 , 1881 & ndash ; march 3 december 27 , 1850 henry s. harris
 new jersey henry schenck harris
henry s. harris

henry schenck harris -lrb- december 27 , 1850 , belvidere , new jersey - may 2 , 1902 , belvidere , new jersey -rrb- , was an american democratic party politician who represented new jersey 's 4th congressional district in the united states house of representatives from 1883 to 1885 .
harris was born in belvidere , new jersey on december 27 , 1850 .
he attended the common schools and was graduated from princeton college in 1870 .
he studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in belvidere .
he was appointed prosecutor of the pleas for warren county in march 1877 .
harris was elected as a democrat to the forty-seventh congress , serving in office from march 4 , 1881 -- march 3 , 1883 , but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the forty-eighth congress .
after leaving congress , he resumed the practice of law .
he died in belvidere on may 2 , 1902 , and was interred in belvidere cemetery .
