Henry May

Who was Henry May?

Henry May was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

Born in Washington, D.C., May pursued an academic course. He attended Columbian College, Washington, D.C.. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and commenced practice. May was sent by President Franklin Pierce to Mexico to investigate claims under the United States' treaty of peace with Mexico. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1850.

May was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress, but was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress.

In September of 1861, May was arrested and placed in Fort Lafayette. He was released and served in Congress.

He died in Baltimore, Maryland, and is interred in Cathedral Cemetery.