Bernhart Henn

Bernhart Henn (* 1817 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York; † August 30, 1865 in Fairfield, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1855 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Bernhart Henn attended the public schools of his home. In 1838 he moved to Burlington in what was then Iowa Territory. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer in Burlington, he began to work in his new profession. In 1845, after he had been appointed by U.S. President James K. Polk to the registrar at the federal land authority in the area, he moved to Fairfield.

Politically, Henn member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1850 he was the first electoral district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1851 the successor of Daniel F. Miller of the Whig party. After a re-election in 1852 Henn could remain until March 3, 1855 Congress. This period was overshadowed by the growing tensions in the run-up to the Civil War.

After his time in the House of Representatives Bernhart Henn went into the banking business. He also became involved in the real estate market. He died on August 30, 1865 in Fairfield.

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