Donald N. Hensel (October 20, 1926 – February 26, 2012) was an American politician. Hensel was born in

Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois Winfield Township is one of nine Civil township, townships in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage County, Illinois, United States, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 45,836 and it contained 16,445 housing units. It is the least populous of ...

. He served in the

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during

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and the

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. Hensel went to

Cornell College Cornell College is a private liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Originally the Iowa Conference Seminary (Methodist), the school was founded in 1853 by George Bryant Bowman. Four years later, in 1857, the name was changed to Cornell Co ...

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. He worked at the

United States Post Office The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal serv ...

West Chicago, Illinois West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Un ...

. Hensel was also in the aluminium business in purchasing and inventory control. Hensel served as a Winfield Township trustee from 1973 to 1977 and as the Winfield Township clerk from 1977 to 1985. Hensel served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representativ ...

from 1983 to 1993 and was a Republican. Hensel also served as a director of the Illinois International Port District. Hensel died in

Winfield, Illinois Winfield is an incorporated village located in Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton and Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Winfield Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The DuPage River ...

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1926 births 2012 deaths People from West Chicago, Illinois Military personnel from Illinois Businesspeople from Illinois United States Postal Service people Illinois city council members Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-Republican-stub