Van Aernam, Henry

Medical doctor, Union Army surgeon, and four term member of Congress from New York.

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Henry Van Aernam
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    2
    Family

    Jacob Bogert Van Aernam (father), Hannah Wallace Van Aernam (mother), Amy Melissa Etheridge (wife)

    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Geneva Medical College (NY)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Doctor, Dentist or Nurse
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Other Affiliations
    Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
    Government
    Grant Administration (1869-77)
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Van Aernam, Henry," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47265.