Henry Vail

Henry Vail (1782 – June 25, 1853) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born near Millbrook, New York, Vail received a limited schooling. He engaged in the retail mercantile business 1806-1815 and in wholesale mercantile pursuits 1815–1832.

Vail was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He resumed his former business pursuits in Troy, New York, and died there June 25, 1853. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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