Henry Lutz Cake | |
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 Cake during his service in the25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | Myer Strouse |
| Succeeded by | John W. Killinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1827-10-06)October 6, 1827 |
| Died | August 26, 1899(1899-08-26) (aged 71) Northumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861-1863 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Commands | 25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment |
Henry Lutz Cake (October 6, 1827 – August 26, 1899) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.[1][2]
Henry L. Cake was born nearNorthumberland, Pennsylvania. He attended the common and private schools. He learned the art of printing, and published thePottsville Mining Record until theAmerican Civil War in April 1861.[1][2]
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Cake entered theUnion Army on April 17, 1861, as a second lieutenant, and was elected colonel of the25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, inWashington, D.C., on May 1, 1861. He reorganized the regiment after three months’ service. He commanded the96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment from September 23, 1861, to March 12, 1863, when he resigned and settled inTamaqua, Pennsylvania.[1]
Following his resignation from the military, Cake engaged in the mining and shipping ofanthracite coal.[1][2]
Cake was elected as aRepublican to theFortieth andForty-first Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Accounts during the Forty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1870.[1][2]
Following his service in the U.S. House of Representatives, Cake resumed his involvement in the mining and shipping of coal.[1][2]
He died inNorthumberland, Pennsylvania in 1899, and was interred in the Riverview Cemetery.[1][2]
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