Henry C. Miner

Who was Henry C. Miner?

Henry Clay Miner was a theatrical impresario and U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City, Miner attended the public schools and the American Institute of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He engaged in the drug business. In 1864 became interested in the theatrical business and eventually owned five theaters in New York City and Newark, New Jersey. He served as president of a lithographing company and also publisher of the American Dramatic Directory. For many years president of the Actors' Fund Association.

Miner was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He resumed his theatrical and other business pursuits. He died in New York City February 22, 1900. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.