Henry Fitzhugh (August 7, 1801 "The Hive",Washington County, Maryland – August 11, 1866) was an American merchant, businessman and politician fromNew York.

He was the son of Col.William Fitzhugh, Jr. (1761–1839, one of the founders ofRochester, New York) and Ann (Hughes) Fitzhugh (1771–1829). Baptised and raised inSaint John's Parish, Henry removed with the Fitzhugh family at the age of 15 to a tract of thePhelps and Gorham Purchase in 1816. On December 11, 1827, Henry married Elizabeth Barbara Carroll (1806–1866, sister ofCharles H. Carroll) atGroveland, New York.

He was a member of theNew York State Assembly (Oswego Co.) in 1849. He was aCanal Commissioner from 1852 to 1857, elected on theWhig ticket in theNew York state election, 1851 andNew York state election, 1854.

He was buried at theWilliamsburg Cemetery in Groveland, NY.

U.S. presidential candidatesJames G. Birney andGerrit Smith, and State SenatorFrederick F. Backus (1794–1858), were his brothers-in-law.

• Official State Canvass, in NYT on January 1, 1852
• The Charges against Henry Fitzhugh, in NYT on April 4, 1853
• Whig Convention, in NYT on September 21, 1854, nominating Fitzhugh for re-election
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 237 and 273; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Fitzhugh genealogy inUpstate Arcadia: Landscape, Aesthetics, and the Triumph of Social Differentiation in America by Peter J. Hugill (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995,ISBN 0-8476-7856-3,ISBN 978-0-8476-7856-3 ; page 50)
• [1] Political Graveyard
• [2] Transcriptions from Gravestones, at RootsWeb
• [3] Fitzhugh genealogy

• 1801 births
• 1866 deaths
• People from Groveland, New York
• Erie Canal commissioners
• Members of the New York State Assembly
• People from Washington County, Maryland
• New York (state) Whigs
• Carroll family
• 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature

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