Henry Traphagen

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name = Henry Traphagen


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birth_date = 1842-06-01
birth_place = Jersey City, New Jersey
death_date = death date and age|1918|10|11|1842|06|01|mf=y
death_place = Tenafly, New Jersey
residence = Jersey City, New Jersey
office = Mayor of Jersey City
order = 19th
term_start = May 4, 1874
term_end = April 30, 1876
predecessor = Charles H. O'Neill
successor = Charles Seidler
party = Democratic
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spouse = Annie Matilda Cambell
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Henry Traphagen was the Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from May 4, 1874 to April 30, 1876.

Traphagen was born June 1, 1842, in Jersey City. He was the son of Henry Mackaness Traphagen and his wife Sarah Conselyea. He was the great-grandson of former Jersey City mayor Cornelius Van Vorst. He studied at Rutgers University and Brown University and became an attorney in 1864. He married Annie Matilda Cambell on November 9, 1869. [ [http://www.getnj.com/hudberg/genealogical692.shtml Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey] , accessed March 16, 2008] .

A lawyer in Jersey City and a Democrat, he was elected mayor and served one term.

He died on October 11, 1918 in Tenafly, New Jersey.

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*cite book | title = Year Book of the Holland Society of New York - 1919 | publisher = The Holland Society of New York | location = New York City | year = 1919 | pages = 24-25