Henry Nein
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Henry Nein (June 7, 1860 – November 12, 1933) was an American railroad engineer and politician.
Biography
[edit]Nein was born on June 7, 1860, in Wenings, Germany. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1870 and settled in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He went to public school and then worked in the saw mills. Nein was a railroad engineer for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. In November 1922, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. He received 4,481 votes to his opponent Henry N. Stephenson’s 493 votes.[1] Nein died in La Crosse from a long illness on November 12, 1933.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Wisconsin Blue Book. Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. 1923. p. 626.
- ^ 'Veteran Railroader Succumbed To Illness,' Rhinelander Daily News, November 13, 1933, pg. 1
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- 1860 births
- 1933 deaths
- Immigrants to the United States
- Politicians from La Crosse, Wisconsin
- American railroad mechanical engineers
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly,1860s births stubs