Henry Vollmer
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Henry Vollmer (July 28, 1867 - August 25, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in Davenport, Iowa, Vollmer attended the public and high schools of Davenport. Distributing clerk of the Fiftieth Congress in 1887 and 1888. He studied law at the University of Iowa at Iowa City and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Davenport, Iowa. He served as member of the board of aldermen of Davenport in 1889. He served as mayor of Davenport from 1893 to 1897. He served as member of the board of education 1898-1901. Corporation counsel in 1913 and 1914.
Vollmer was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Irvin S. Pepper and served from February 10, 1914, to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Piedmont, California, August 25, 1930. The remains were cremated and the ashes placed in a crypt in the California Crematorium.
