Misplaced Pages

Henry Scheidemann (February 2, 1877 – June 1964) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was born on February 2, 1877, in Allershausen, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia. In 1896, he emigrated to the United States, and settled in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. There he ran a grocery store.

In November 1913, he was elected on the Progressive ticket, with Republican endorsement, to the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 19th D.), defeating the incumbent Democrat Jacob Schifferdecker. Scheidemann was a member of the 137th New York State Legislature in 1914. In November 1914, he ran on the Progressive ticket for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat William A. Bacher.

He died in June 1964.

References

1. New York Red Book (1914; pg. 170)
2. "SCHEIDEMANN, HENRY" Archived 2015-04-25 at the Wayback Machine at Social Security Info

This article about a member of the New York State Assembly is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1877 births
• 1964 deaths
• Politicians from Brooklyn
• Members of the New York State Assembly
• New York (state) Progressives (1912)
• People from Uslar
• Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
• 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
• Member of the New York State Assembly stubs