Henry B. Sayler

Henry Benton Sayler ( born March 31, 1836 Montgomery County, Ohio, † June 18, 1900 in Huntington, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Sayler was a cousin of Milton Sayler (1831-1892), who was sitting 1873-1879 for the state of Ohio in Congress. Even in his youth he was sent to the Clinton County in Indiana, where he attended the public schools. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1856 admitted to the bar he began in Eaton (Ohio ) to work in this profession. During the Civil War Sayler served in the army of the Union, in which he rose to the Major.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1872 he was in the tenth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded William Williams took on 4 March 1873 the moved to the newly created 13th district. Since he resigned in 1874 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1875.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives was Henry Sayler 1875-1900 Judge on the 28th Judicial District of Indiana. He died on June 18, 1900 in Huntington, where he was also buried.