10 Facts About Henry Cruger

Henry Cruger has a unique distinction of having been elected to both the Parliament of Great Britain and the New York State Senate.

Henry Cruger was born in New York and was a member of a wealthy merchant family.

Henry Cruger's parents were Elizabeth Cruger and Henry Cruger Sr.

In 1765, Henry Cruger was elected to the Bristol Common Council, a position he held until 1790.

Henry Cruger was elected a warden of the Society of Merchant Venturers in 1768, and Master of the Society in 1781.

Henry Cruger, who was known for his "ready wit and fine conversational powers," was elected as Member of Parliament for Bristol as a radical Whig in the 1774 general election in which British policy towards the colonies was an important issue.

Henry Cruger returned to New York in 1790 after an absence of 33 years and was elected as a Federalist to the New York State Senate in 1792, urging conciliation with Great Britain while serving an otherwise undistinguished single four-year term in the 16th to the 19th New York State Legislatures.

Henry Cruger then married Caroline Elizabeth Blair, with whom he had six children, including:.

Henry Cruger married for the third time in 1799, when he was age 60, to Caroline Smith.

Henry Cruger died at home in New York City on April 24,1827, in his 88th year, and was buried in the Trinity Church Cemetery.