Henry A. Barnhart
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Henry A. Barnhart was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Indiana
Indiana
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Born near Twelve Mile, Indiana
Twelve mile, Indiana
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, Barnhart attended the common schools, Amboy Academy, and Wabash Normal Training School.
He was a teacher.
Farmer.
Surveyor of Fulton County, Indiana
Fulton County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,511 people, 8,082 households, and 5,738 families residing in the county. The population density was 56 people per square mile . There were 9,123 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

 from 1885 to 1887.
Newspaper publisher.
He served as businessman.
He served as director of the United States Bank Trust Co..
He served as director, Indiana State Prison, 1893.
Hospital executive.

Barnhart was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 to the Sixtieth
60th United States Congress
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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Abram L. Brick.
He was reelected to the Sixty-first
61st United States Congress
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 and to the four succeeding Congresses (November 3, 1908-March 3, 1919).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-sixth
66th United States Congress
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 Congress in 1918.
Lecturer.
He died on March 26, 1934, in Rochester, Indiana
Rochester, Indiana
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He was interred in the Mausoleum, Rochester, Indiana
Rochester, Indiana
Rochester is a city in and the county seat of Fulton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,414 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rochester is located at ....

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