Henry Poehler, (August 22, 1833 – July 18, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Born inHiddesen,Lippe-Detmold,Germany (now a part ofDetmold), he attended his father’s academy and immigrated to the United States in April 1848, settling inBurlington, Iowa, where he attended the public schools. He moved toSt. Paul, Minnesota, in 1853 and later on toHenderson,Sibley County, Minnesota, in 1854. He engaged in general merchandising and as agrain merchant and was appointedpostmaster at Henderson, Minnesota on February 25, 1856, serving until April 12, 1861. He served in thestate house of representatives in 1857, 1858, and 1865, and served as county commissioner ofSibley County and chairman of the board from January 1865 to January 1868. He was member of thestate senate in 1872 and 1873 and again in 1876 and 1877. He was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to theForty-seventh Congress and an unsuccessful candidate forMinnesota State Treasurer. He served as mayor of Henderson for several terms, later on moving toMinneapolis in 1889 and engaged in the general merchandise and grain business. He moved again toLos Angeles, California, in 1895. He died in Henderson, Minnesota, while on a visit to an interment in Major Joseph R. Brown Cemetery.
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