Robert Kirkland Henry

Robert Kirkland Henry ( born February 9, 1890 in Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, † November 20, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1945 and 1946 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Henry attended the common schools and then studied at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He then became active in the banking industry. He also began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. Between 1931 and 1935 he was Minister of Finance ( State Treasurer ) of Wisconsin. Subsequently, he was from 1939 to 1944 Member of the Water and Light Committee of the City Jefferson. At the same time he was in government banking committee.

In the congressional elections of 1944, Henry was the second electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Harry Sauthoff on January 3, 1945. He could its actually runs until January 3, 1947 legislative session in Congress but did not finish because he already died on 20 November 1946. Shortly before his death he had been elected for the next legislative session, which then elected in a by-election Glenn Robert Davis graduated in his place. While Henry's time in the U.S. House of Representatives ended the Second World War.

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