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Henry Herman Schwartz

Also Known As: "Harry"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, United States
Death: April 24, 1955 (85)
Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Harmon Henry Schwartz and Caroline Schwartz
Husband of Eliza Bowie Schwartz
Father of Cuyler Griffith Voorhees; Private; Private; Private and Private
Brother of Annette "Nettie" (Schwartz) Greenlee; William Schwartz; Carrie Doretta (Schwartz) Ruehlmann; George Charles Schwartz; John Henry William Schwartz and 1 other

Managed by: Tamás Flinn Caldwell-Gilbert
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About Henry H. Schwartz, U.S. Senator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Schwartz

Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz, a Senator from Wyoming; born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, May 18, 1869; educated in the public schools of Mercer County and Cincinnati, Ohio; engaged in the newspaper business at Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1892-1894 and at Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1894-1896; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Sioux Falls; member, South Dakota house of representatives 1896-1897; chief of the field division of the United States General Land Office, at Spokane, Wash., and Helena, Mont., 1897-1907; special assistant to the Attorney General in 1907; chief of field service, General Land Office, Washington, D.C., 1907-1910; moved to Casper, Wyo., in 1915; president of the Casper Board of Education and the Natrona County High School Board 1928-1934; member, Wyoming State senate 1933-1935; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1930; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Seventy-seventh Congress); appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the National Mediation Board 1943-1947; resumed the practice of law in Casper, Wyo., until his death there on April 24, 1955; interment in Highland Cemetery.

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000157

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Henry H. Schwartz, U.S. Senator's Timeline

1869
May 18, 1869
Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, United States
1917
November 27, 1917
1955
April 24, 1955
Age 85
Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States