Henry A. Moehlenpah

Henry A. Moehlenpah was a political candidate in Wisconsin, banker, and member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Biography[]

Moehlenpah was born to Frederick and Elizabeth Moehlenpah on March 9, 1867 in Joliet, Illinois.^[1] He married Alice Hartshorn in 1896 and was a Methodist. Moehlenpah died in 1949.^[2]

Education[]

Moehlenpah is a graduate of Northwestern University.^[3]

Career[]

Moehlenpah was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1906. He lost to incumbent Henry Allen Cooper. In 1908 he ran for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, losing to William D. Connor. Moehlenpah later ran for Governor of Wisconsin in 1918, losing to incumbent Emanuel L. Philipp. He was a Democrat.

Henry A. Moehlenpah served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board from November 10, 1919, to August 9, 1920.^[4] Moehlenpah was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on September 5, 1919, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. F. A. Delano. On September 23, the nomination was confirmed by the Senate. He entered upon the career of banking in Joliet, Ill., in 1888, removing to Clinton, Wisconsin in 1893, where he engaged in the banking business. At the time of his appointment he was president of the Citizens Bank of Clinton, Wis., president of the Wisconsin Mortgage & Security Co. of Milwaukee, Wis., and director of the Rock County Savings & Mortgage Co.^[5]

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• Statements and Speeches of Henry A. Moehlenpah