Henry H. Wells
(1823-1890)
American politician
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Henry Horatio Wells (September 17, 1823 – February 12, 1900), a Michigan lawyer and Union Army officer in the American Civil War, succeeded Francis Harrison Pierpont as the appointed provisional governor of Virginia from 1868 to 1869 during Reconstruction. A Radical Republican labelled a carpetbagger, Wells was defeated for election in 1869 by Gilbert C. Walker, who also became his appointed successor. Wells then served as U.S. Attorney for Virginia and later for the District of Columbia.
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17 September 1823 Rochester, New York, USA
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| Died |
13 February 1890 (aged 66) Palmyra, New York
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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