Background
Henn was born in Cherry Valley, New York in 1817.
United States representative lawyer politician
Henn was born in Cherry Valley, New York in 1817.
He attended the common schools and moved to what is now Burlington, Iowa, then capital of Iowa Territory, in 1838. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Burlington.
He later moved to Fairfield, Iowa, when he was appointed register of the United States land office in 1845 by President James K. Polk. In 1850 he was elected to represent Iowa"s 1st congressional district in the United States. House. While he was officially considered a Democrat, a hostile editor of the first Burlington newspaper (James G Edwards of the "Hawk-Eye") labelled him a "Locofoco," a slang term for a radical faction of the Party.
He initially served in the Thirty-second Congress.
In all, Henn served in the United States. House from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1855. After leaving Congress, Henn engaged in banking and dealing in real estate.
He died on August 30, 1865 in Fairfield. He was interred there, in Evergreen Cemetery.