Henry J. Coggeshall

Henry James Coggeshall was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He graduated from Waterville Seminary in 1862. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and practiced in Waterville.
He was Assistant District Attorney of Oneida County from 1869 to 1872; an alternate delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention; a member of the New York State Assembly in 1873; and Clerk of Oneida County from 1879 to 1882.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1884 to 1900, sitting in the 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th, 118th, 119th, 120th, 121st, 122nd and 123rd New York State Legislatures. In 1895, he lost the Republican nomination, and ran as an Independent Republican, defeating the regular Republican candidate.
He was again a member of the State Senate in 1905 and 1906.