Henry F. Niedringhaus
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus (December 15, 1864 – August 3, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri to German immigrants,[1] Niedringhaus attended the public schools, Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, and Smith Academy, a branch of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He engaged in manufacturing pursuits, serving as general manager of the National Enameling & Stamping Co. in Granite City, Illinois. He served as chairman of the board of governors of Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children, St. Louis, Missouri from 1924 to 1941.
Niedringhaus was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He retired from active business pursuits and resided in St. Louis, Missouri, until his death on August 3, 1941. He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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- United States Congress. "Henry F. Niedringhaus (id: N000105)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch, retrieved April 8, 2018
- 1864 births
- 1941 deaths
- 20th-century American politicians
- American manufacturing businesspeople
- American people of German descent
- Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery
- Businesspeople from St. Louis
- Politicians from St. Louis
- Central Wesleyan College (Missouri) alumni
- Smith Academy (Missouri) alumni
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- Missouri Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives