Henry Fisk Janes

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Fisk Janes | image = 1953-Henry Fisk Janes.webp | alt = 1953-Henry Fisk Janes | jr/sr = | term_start = | term_end = | preceded = | succeeded = | order1 = Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 5th district | term_start1 = December 2, 1834 | term_end1 = March 3, 1837 | predecessor1 = Benjamin F. Deming | successor1 = Isaac Fletcher | order2 = Vermont State Treasurer | term_start2 = October, 1838 | term_end2 = October 1841 | predecessor2 = Allen Wardner | successor2 = John Spaulding | office3 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | term3 = 1854–1855 1861–1862 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1792|10|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = Brimfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1879|6|6|1792|10|10|mf=y}} | death_place = Waterbury, Vermont, U.S. | state = Vermont | spouse = Fanny Butler Janes in 1827 | children = 2 | profession = Politician, Lawyer | alma_mater = | party = Anti-Masonic Whig Republican }}

'''Henry Fisk Janes''' (October 10, 1792 – June 6, 1879) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. representative from Vermont from 1834 to 1837.

==Biography== Janes was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts and moved with his parents to Calais, Vermont where he pursued academic studies.

=== War of 1812 === He served in the War of 1812 as an officer in Captain Gideon Wheelock's company of Vermont Militia, and participated in the Battle of Plattsburgh.<ref name="auto2">{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Theodore Graham|title=History of Waterbury, Vermont, 1763–1915|year=1915|publisher=Record print|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historywaterbur00lewigoog/page/n86 64]|url=https://archive.org/details/historywaterbur00lewigoog }}</ref>

=== Political career === He studied law in Montpelier and was admitted to the bar. He began the practice of law in Waterbury. He was Postmaster from 1820 until 1830.<ref name="auto2"/> He served as a member of the Governor's Council from 1830 until 1834.

Janes was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Deming and was reelected to the Twenty-fourth Congress, serving from December 2, 1834, until March 3, 1837.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/henry_janes/405961 |title=Rep. Henry Janes|publisher= Govtrack.us|accessdate= November 26, 2012}}</ref> He was an unsuccessful Anti-Masonic candidate for reelection in 1836.

He was the Vermont State Treasurer from 1838 until 1841 as a Whig, and served as a member of the state council of censors in 1848.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=64765 |title=Janes, Henry|publisher= Our Campaigns|accessdate= November 26, 2012}}</ref> Janes joined the Republican Party at its creation in the mid-1850s, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1854, 1855, 1861, and 1862.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000056|title=JANES, Henry Fisk, (1792 – 1879)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= November 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html|title=Janes, Henry Fisk (1792–1879)|publisher= The Political Graveyard|accessdate= November 26, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1827 Janes married Fanny Butler, the daughter of Governor Ezra Butler. Their daughter Helen Maria was born in 1828,<ref>{{cite book|last=Janes|first=Frederic|title=The Janes Family: A Genealogy and Brief History of the Descendants of William Janes the Emigrant Ancestor of 1637, with an Extended Notice of Bishop Edmund S. Janes, D. D., and Other Biographical Sketches|year=1868|publisher=J. H. Dingman|pages=[https://archive.org/details/janesfamilyagen00janegoog/page/n207 199]|url=https://archive.org/details/janesfamilyagen00janegoog }}</ref> and their son Henry Janes was born in 1832 and died in 1915. Henry Janes was a physician during the American Civil War, and attained the rank of brigadier general as surgeon general of the Vermont National Guard.

==Death== Janes died on June 6, 1879, in Waterbury, Vermont, and is interred at Hope Cemetery in Waterbury.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links==  * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000056 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] * {{Find a Grave|13507000}} * [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/henry_janes/405961 Govtrack.us] * [https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html The Political Graveyard] * [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=64765 Our Campaigns]

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