Henry Poehler, (August 22, 1833 – July 18, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Born in Hiddesen,

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(now a part of

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), he attended his father’s academy and immigrated to the United States in April 1848, settling in

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, where he attended the public schools. He moved to

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, in 1853 and later on to

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, in 1854. He engaged in general merchandising and as a grain merchant and was appointed

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at Henderson, Minnesota on February 25, 1856, serving until April 12, 1861. He served in the state house of representatives in 1857, 1858, and 1865, and served as county commissioner of Sibley County and chairman of the board from January 1865 to January 1868. He was member of the

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in 1872 and 1873 and again in 1876 and 1877. He was elected as a

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to the

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, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the

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and an unsuccessful candidate for

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. He served as mayor of Henderson for several terms, later on moving to

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in 1889 and engaged in the general merchandise and grain business. He moved again to

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, in 1895. He died in Henderson, Minnesota, while on a visit to an interment in Major Joseph R. Brown Cemetery.

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