Henry C. Loudenslager

Henry Clay Loudenslager (May 22, 1852 – August 12, 1911) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.

Henry Clay Loudenslager
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 1st district
In office March 4, 1893 – August 12, 1911
Preceded by	Christopher A. Bergen
Succeeded by	William J. Browning
Personal details
Born	May 22, 1852 Mauricetown, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	August 12, 1911(1911-08-12) (aged 59) Paulsboro, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Republican

Biography

Loudenslager was born in Mauricetown, New Jersey (now part of Commercial Township) on May 22, 1852. He moved with his parents to Paulsboro, New Jersey in 1856, where he attended the common schools. He engaged in the produce commission business in Philadelphia from 1872 to 1882, and was county clerk of Gloucester County, New Jersey from 1882 to 1892.

Loudenslager was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1893, until his death in Paulsboro on August 12, 1911. He was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Fifty-fourth through Sixty-first Congresses). He was interred in Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

Notes

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• United States Congress. "Henry C. Loudenslager (id: L000450)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Henry Clay Loudenslager at The Political Graveyard
• Henry C. Loudenslager at Find a Grave
• Henry C. Loudenslager, late a representative from New Jersey, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913