Henry H. Schwartz

Henry Herman Schwartz
United States Senator from Wyoming
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Robert D. Carey
Succeeded by	Edward V. Robertson
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
In office 1897-1898
Personal details
Born	May 18, 1869 Fort Recovery, Ohio
Died	April 24, 1955 (aged 85) Casper, Wyoming
Political party	Democratic

Henry Herman "Harry" Schwartz (May 18, 1869 – April 24, 1955) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.

Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and Cincinnati, Ohio. Schwartz engaged in the newspaper business at Fort Recovery from 1892 to 1894 and at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from 1894 to 1896. Schwartz studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895, and commenced practice in Sioux Falls.

Schwartz' political career started in the South Dakota House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1898, where he was elected on the Fusion ticket. He served as chief of the field division of the United States General Land Office at Spokane, Washington, and Helena, Montana, from 1897 to 1907. Schwartz was special assistant to the Attorney General in 1907; and chief of field service, General Land Office in Washington, D.C., from 1907 to 1910.

Schwartz moved to Casper, Wyoming, in 1915; and was president of the Casper Board of Education and the Natrona County High School Board from 1928 to 1934. Schwartz was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1930, but he served as a member of the Wyoming Senate from 1933 to 1935 and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1943. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942. During his term he was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Seventy-seventh Congress). He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the National Mediation Board, serving from 1943 to 1947. He resumed the practice of law in Casper, Wyoming, until his death there on April 24, 1955. He was interred in Highland Cemetery.

External links

• Henry Schwartz's record in the South Dakota State Legislature's Historical Listing
• United States Congress. "Henry H. Schwartz (id: S000157)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Henry H. Schwartz at Find a Grave