Henry Joel Scudder (September 18, 1825 – February 10, 1886)[1] was a United States Representative from New York.

He was commissioned captain in the Thirty-seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard in 1862 and served throughout the Civil War.

He resumed the practice of law in New York City,[2] where he was principal counsel for the Standard Oil Company.

[3][21] Together, they were the parents of six children, including:[22] Scudder died at his residence on East 22nd Street on February 10, 1886, in New York City.

[2] His funeral, held at Calvary Church in New York, was attended by Joseph Hodges Choate, Sen. William M. Evarts, Mayor Grace, ex-Chief Justice Charles P. Daly, William Allen Butler, James C. Carter, Aaron J. Vanderpoel, Elihu Root, Elbridge Thomas Gerry, Col. George Bliss, Benjamin H. Bristow, and Clarence A.