John Geiser McHenry (Pennsylvania Congressman)

John Geiser McHenry (April 26, 1868 – December 27, 1912) was a Democratic member of the

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Biography

John G. McHenry was born in Benton Township, Pennsylvania on April 26, 1868. He attended the public schools and Orangeville Academy. He became a successful farmer, banker and distiller. He was the organizer of the Grange national banks throughout

. From 1897 to 1898 he served as chairman of the Columbia County Democratic Committee. McHenry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses. He had been in failing health throughout 1912, and had not been a candidate for reelection. He was serving his final term when he died in Benton, Pennsylvania on December 27, 1912. Interment in Benton Cemetery.

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