{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Francis Naphen | image = Henry Francis Naphen (1852–1905).png | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|10|10th}} | term_start = March 4, 1899 | term_end = March 3, 1903 | preceded = [[Samuel J. Barrows]] | succeeded = [[William S. McNary]] | order2 = | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] from the Fifth Suffolk District<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/memvolamerhi00pellrich/page/492/mode/1up | last = Pell | first = Edward Leigh | title = A Memorial Volume of American History: McKinley and Men of Our Times, Together with the Great Questions with which They Have Been Identified and which are Still Pressing for Solution | page = 492 | publisher = Historical Society of America | year = 1901 |access-date=2024-09-14 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> | term_start2 = 1885 | term_end2 = 1886 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | order3 = | office3 = Member of the [[Boston School Committee]] | term_start3 = 1882 | term_end3 = January 1886<ref name="AnnualReport1884">{{Citation | author = School Committee of the City of Boston | title = Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston 1883 | page = 245 | publisher = Geo. C. Rand & Avery | location = Boston, MA | year = 1884}}</ref> | preceded3 = | succeeded3 = | office4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = | office5 = | term_start5 = | preceded5 = | succeeded5 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1852|8|14}} | birth_place = Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1905|6|8|1852|8|14}} | death_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, US | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = Margaret A. Drummey | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]<br>[[Boston University School of Law]] | occupation = | profession = Attorney | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000004. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->
'''Henry Francis Naphen''' (August 14, 1852 – June 8, 1905) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
Born in [[Ireland]] (then a part of [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|the U.K.]]), to John and Jane (Henry) Naphen,<ref>{{Citation | first = William Thomas | last = Davis | title = Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | page = 191 | publisher = The Boston History Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1895}}</ref> Naphen immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]]. He was educated by private tutors and also attended the public schools. He was graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1878. He attended the [[Boston University]] Law School. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] at Suffolk County in November 1879 and commenced practice in Boston.
==Boston School Committee, Massachusetts State Senate, and other earlier work== He served as member of the [[Boston School Committee]] from 1882 until January 1886.<ref name="AnnualReport1884" /> While on the School Committee Naphen served on the standing committees on the Horace Mann School, Sewing, and The Normal School.<ref>{{Citation | author = School Committee of the City of Boston | title = Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston 1883 | page = 246 | publisher = Geo. C. Rand & Avery | location = Boston, MA | year = 1884}}</ref>
Naphen served as member of the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] in 1885 and 1886, representing the Fifth Suffolk District. Naphen was also appointed bail commissioner by the justices of the superior court.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Naphen was a member of the [[Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/souvenirportrait1903unse/page/n90/mode/1up |title=Souvenir Portrait Album of Members, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts |publisher=W. S. Best & Company |place=Boston |page=89 |date=1903 |access-date=2024-09-14 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
==United States Congress== Naphen was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[56th United States Congress|Fifty-sixth]] and [[57th United States Congress|Fifty-seventh]] Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903).
===1898 election=== The 1898 election was a two-way race between Naphen and incumbent Republican Congressman [[Samuel J. Barrows]], Naphen won the election garnering 17,149 votes to Barrows' total of 13,909.<ref>{{Citation | first = Stephen Nye | last = Gifford | title = A Manual for the Use of the General Court | page = 346 | publisher = Wright & Potter Printing Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1899}}</ref>
===1902 election=== Naphen wanted to run again in 1902 however [[William S. McNary]], chairman of the Democratic State committee wanted the nomination and McNary forced Naphen to retire from the race. As McNary controlled the apparatus of the district's Democratic party Naphen decided to quietly drop out of the race rather than after a fight.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-naphen-induced-to-re/155267283/ | title =Naphen Induced to Retire. Democratic Chairman McNary Wants the Nomination for Himself. | page = 1 | newspaper = The Washington Post | location = Boston, Massachusetts | publication-date = August 22, 1902 |date=1920-08-21 |access-date=2024-09-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Death== He died in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], June 8, 1905.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-wife-found-him-dead-pa/155268218/ |title=Wife Found Him Dead |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-wife-found-him-dead-pa/155268260/ 8] |date=1905-06-08 |access-date=2024-09-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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