Henry Burd Cassel (October 19, 1855 – April 28, 1926) was a

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member of the

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from

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Henry B. Cassel was born in

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, where he attended Columbia Classical Institute. Afterwards he was engaged in the wholesale and retail lumber business. Cassel was a member of the Republican County Committee in 1881, and Chairman of the County Committee in 1893. He was chosen as a delegate to the

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. Two years later, he served as a member of the

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in 1898 and 1900. Cassel was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh US Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Marriott Brosius. He was reelected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, serving as Chairman of the

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during the Fifty-ninth Congress. In 1909, Cassel was convicted of fraud related to the construction of the

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. He returned to business as a manufacturer and contractor, and died in Marietta in 1926. Interment is in Marietta Cemetery.

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