Henry Wisner

U.S. Congressperson

1720 – 1790

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Who was Henry Wisner?

Henry Wisner was an American miller from Goshen, New York. He was a patriot leader during the American Revolution and represented New York in the Continental Congress.

Henry was born around 1720 in Florida, New York and spent his entire life as a resident of Orange County. He built and operated a gristmill in Goshen and became one of the town's leading citizens.

His family originally came to the USA because a relative named Johannes Weesner moved from the Bodensee in Switzerland to the USA.

Orange County first elected him as a representative to Province of New York Assembly in 1759 and returned him for eleven consecutive years. In 1768 he became a judge in the county's court of common pleas. When New York created a revolutionary government in 1775, Wisner was sent to the New York Provincial Congress. That body, in turn, named him as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he served through 1776. Wisner was in Congress when the Declaration of Independence adopted, but the New York delegation was not authorized to declare independence, and so Wisner could not take part in the voting.

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Born
1720
Province of New York
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Mar 4, 1790

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on July 23, 2013

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