NEW YORK REPORTS COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF NY 1851-1854 SELDEN--6 books
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Henry R. Selden 1851-1854
The eighth official Reporter of New York, and the second formally to
be designated “State Reporter,” Henry Selden was born on October 14,
1805 in Lyme, Connecticut. He was the younger brother of Samuel L.
Selden, who was to become Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
Selden moved to Rochesterville, New York, in the 1820s and studied
law with his brother and with future Court of Appeals Judge Addison
Gardiner. He was admitted to the bar at the age of 25 and moved to
Clarkson, New York, before settling in Rochester. Selden became a
prominent member of the Rochester community, where he was
instrumental in establishing the New York Republican party and in
developing a telegraph enterprise . Selden replaced George Comstock as State Reporter in
1851 and continued in that capacity until 1854, publishing six volumes
during his tenure. In 1856 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the
state, a position he held until 1858. When Samuel Selden retired from
the Court of Appeals in 1862, Henry Selden was appointed Associate
Judge. Judge Selden continued on the state’s high court until 1865,
retiring due to illness. Later that year he was elected to the New York
State Legislature. In 1872 Selden returned to his Rochester law practice,
defending Susan B. Anthony’s right to vote in a nationally celebrated
case. He was married to the former Laura Ann Baldwin, and they had
12 children. Henry Selden died on September 18, 1885 at his residence
in Rochester.
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