William H. Harries
| William Harries | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Mark H. Dunnell |
| Succeeded by | James Albertus Tawney |
| Personal details | |
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William Henry Harries January 15, 1843 Dayton, Ohio |
| Died | July 23, 1921 (aged 78) Seattle, Washington |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Austis Dunbar, Hattie Dunbar |
| Residence | Hokah, Minnesota, Caledonia, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Occupation | attorney |
William Henry Harries (January 15, 1843 – July 23, 1921) was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.
Harries was born near Dayton, Ohio. He moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin and enlisted as a private in Company B, Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry on April 18, 1861. He was wounded at the Battle of Antietam. He was commissioned captain of Company F, Third Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, General Hancock's corps, on December 21, 1864, and was honorably discharged on April 17, 1866.
Harries graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Hokah, Minnesota. He later practiced in Caledonia, Minnesota. He served as prosecuting attorney of Houston County, Minnesota from 1874 to 1878.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893. Harries was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He was then appointed by President Grover Cleveland as collector of internal revenue for Minnesota and served from 1894 to 1898, residing in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He resumed his law practice in Caledonia, Minnesota in 1898. He served as president of the village of Caledonia and a member of its board of education, department commander of the Minnesota department of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1901, member of the board of trustees of the Minnesota Soldiers’ Home in 1903, secretary of the board 1907 to 1911, and commandant of the home 1911 to 1918. Harries died in Seattle, Washington on July 23, 1921, and is interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Caledonia, Minnesota.
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