Henry Schenck Harris (December 27, 1850,

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politician who represented

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's 4th congressional district for one term in the

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from 1881 to 1883.

Early life and education

Harris was born in

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in 1870. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Belvidere. He was appointed prosecutor of the pleas for

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in March 1877.

Congress

Harris was elected as a Democrat to the

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, serving in office from March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

After Congress

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Belvidere on May 2, 1902, and was interred in

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Henry Schenck Harris
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