John Geiser McHenry

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John Geiser McHenry (April 26, 1868 – December 27, 1912) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John G. McHenry was born in Benton Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Orangeville Academy. He worked as a banker and manufacturer, and was also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was the organizer of the Grange national banks throughout Pennsylvania,

McHenry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served until his death in Benton, Pennsylvania. Interment in Benton Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Edmund W. Samuel

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1907 - 1912

Succeeded by John V. Lesher