Henry Crocheron

Who was Henry Crocheron?

Henry Crocheron was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Jacob Crocheron.

Born on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, Crocheron attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Northfield. Supervisor of Northfield 1808–1814.

Crocheron was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress. He served as captain of militia in 1818. He died in New Springville, New York, on November 8, 1819. He was interred in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Richmond County, Staten Island, New York.