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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaHenry Otis PRATT
(1838-1931)
PRATT, Henry Otis, a
Representative from Iowa; born in Foxcroft, Piscataquis County,
Maine, February 11, 1838; attended the common schools and Foxcroft
Academy; was graduated from the law department of Harvard
University; moved to Charles City, Iowa, in 1862 and taught school;
was admitted to the bar in Mason City, Iowa, in 1862; during the
Civil War enlisted in the Union Army in August 1862 and served in
Company B, Thirty-second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, until
March 1863, when he was discharged at Fort Pillow, Tenn.; commenced
the practice of law in Charles City, Iowa, in 1864; county
superintendent of public schools of Floyd County in 1868 and 1869;
member of the State house of representatives 1870-1872; elected as
a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March
4, 1873-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in
1876; president of the Republican State convention at Des Moines,
Iowa, in 1877; studied for the ministry; was ordained and entered
the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in October 1877 and
continued his ministerial duties until retired on account of age in
October 1918; died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 22, 1931; interment
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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