Henry F. Niedringhaus

Henry Frederick Niedringhaus (born December 15, 1864 in St. Louis , Missouri , †  August 3, 1941 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1933 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Niedringhaus was a nephew of Congressman Frederick G. Niedringhaus (1837-1922). He attended the public schools of his home country and then Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton . He then continued his education at Smith Academy , which is part of Washington University in St. Louis , continued. In the following years Niedringhaus worked in the trade. He rose to chief executive in Granite City ( Illinois resident) Company Co. National Enameling & Stamping on. From 1924 until his death in 1941, he served as chairman of the board of directors at Shriners' Hospital in St. Louis, which cared for disabled children.

Politically, Niedringhaus was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1926 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Cleveland A. Newton on March 4, 1927 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . Since 1929 the work of the US House of Representatives has also been determined by the events of the Great Depression. In the 1932 elections , Niedringhaus fell victim to the federal trend in favor of the Democratic Party when he lost to its candidate Frank H. Lee .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Henry Niedringhaus withdrew from both politics and work into retirement, which he spent in his hometown of St. Louis. He died there on August 3, 1941.

Web links

• Henry F. Niedringhaus in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry F. Niedringhaus in the database of Find a Grave (English)