Henry West | |
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| 5th Mayor of Indianapolis | |
| In office 1856 – November 8, 1856 | |
| Preceded by | James McCready |
| Succeeded by | Charles G. Coulon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 14, 1796 |
| Died | November 8, 1856 (aged 60) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Section 6, Lot 6 |
| Party | Democratic |
Henry Franklin West (March 14, 1796 – November 8, 1856)[1] was the fifth mayor of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. West, a Democrat, took office in 1856 but died within the first month of his term.[2]
Biography
[edit]Henry F. West was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on March 14, 1796.[3]
He died in Indianapolis on November 8, 1856.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Woodbridge Dwight, Benjamin (1874). The history of the descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass, Volume 1. J. F. Trow & son, printers and bookbinders. p. 440. ISBN 9781981482658.
}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ David J. Bodenhamer; Robert Graham Barrows; David Gordon Vanderstel (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-253-31222-8.
- ^ Dunn, Jacob Piatt (1919). Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and the Century of Statehood. Vol. II. American Historical Society. p. 889. Retrieved September 13, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Dunn, Jacob Piatt (1919). Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and the Century of Statehood. Vol. II. American Historical Society. p. 896. Retrieved September 13, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Death of Mayor West". The Baltimore Sun. Cincinnati (published November 11, 1956). November 8, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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