Member Biography

Henry Green Bussey 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1875       28 Democrat
1876       28 Democrat
1877       28 Democrat
1878       28 Democrat

COUNTIES: York  


Biography

06/30/1816 - 1884


Doctor Henry Green Bussey, Jr. (D28) York County 1875-1878

Early Life

Doctor Henry Green Bussey, Jr., born June 30, 1813, Green Spring Plantation, Hartford County, Maryland; son of Captain Henry Green and Elizabeth Susanna Harris Bussey; Green Spring Academy: University of Maryland, 1837; married, Catherine Boarman Bussey, children, Mary E Bussey, Doctor Henry Green Bussey III; physician, prison of York County, judge, inspector of elections, prothonotary, 1857-1863; died, January 1884, Shewsbury, York County, Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Physician, prison of York County, judge, inspector of elections, prothonotary, 1857-1863.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28th district, York County 1875-1878; committee assignments, Compare Bills, Military Affairs, Pensions and Gratuities, Public Buildings.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1878) Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 656, 662-665, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 620.