William H. Harries

Who was William H. Harries?

William Henry Harries, was a Representative from Minnesota; born near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin; enlisted as a private in Company B, Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, April 18, 1861; was wounded at the Battle of Antietam, commissioned captain of Company F, Third Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, General Hancock’s corps, December 21, 1864; honorably discharged April 17, 1866; was graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Hokah, Minnesota; afterwards practiced in Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota; prosecuting attorney of Houston County 1874 – 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; appointed by President Grover Cleveland as collector of internal revenue for Minnesota and served from 1894 to 1898, residing in St. Paul, Minnesota; resumed the practice of his profession in Caledonia in 1898; was 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 – 1911, and commandant of the home 1911 – 1918; died in Seattle, Washington; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Caledonia, Minnesota.