Anthony Higgins

Anthony Higgins

Infobox Officeholder
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name = Anthony C. Higgins
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office = U. S. Senator from Delaware
term_start = March 4 1889
term_end = March 3 1895
predecessor = Eli M. Saulsbury
successor = Richard R. Kenney [This seat was vacant until January 19 1897.]
birth_date = birth date|1840|10|1|mf=y
birth_place = New Castle, Delaware
death_date = death date and age|1912|6|26|1840|10|1
death_place = New York, New York
spouse =
party = Republican
residence = Wilmington, Delaware
alma_mater = Yale University
occupation =
profession = lawyer
religion =

Anthony C. Higgins (October 1 1840 – June 26 1912) was a lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County Delaware. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.

Early life and family

Higgins was born October 1 1840 in Red Lion Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware. He attended Newark Academy and Delaware College, and graduated from Yale College in 1861. After studying law at the Harvard Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1864 and began practice in Wilmington, Delaware. He also served for a time in the Union Army in 1864.

Public career

Higgins was appointed deputy Attorney General in 1864 and was the United States attorney for Delaware from 1869 until 1876. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to the 49th Congress in 1884, but was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4 1889 until March 3 1895, when he unsuccessfully sought reelection. During his tenure he was Chairman of the Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service in the 51st and 52nd Congress, and a member of the Committee on Manufactures in the 52nd Congress. Subsequently, he resumed the practice of law in Wilmington, including service as one of the attorneys for the respondent in the impeachment proceedings of United States District Court Judge Charles Swayne of Florida in 1904/05.

Death and legacy

Higgins died June 26 1912 in New York, New York, and is buried in the St. Georges Cemetery, near St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware.

Public offices

Elections are held the first week of November. At this time U.S. Senators were elected by the Delaware General Assembly for a six year term and took office March 4th.


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