Henry E. Turner (New York politician)

Henry Ellis Turner (April 1, 1833 – February 6, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Henry E. Turner was born in Winchester, New Hampshire on April 1, 1833.

[1] He attended the district schools and worked in a woolen factory.

He was admitted to the bar in December 1855 and commenced practice in Lowville in 1856.

In 1861, he helped to raise and organize, and became lieutenant colonel of, the 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, and fought with the Army of the Potomac until 1862.