Biography

05/03/1857 - 12/29/1929

GREEN, Henry Dickinson, born, May 3, 1857 in Reading, Berks County, Pa.; graduated, Reading High School, 1872; graduated, Yale College, 1877; captain, Company G, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard (Spanish American War); attorney (1879-1919); appointed, notary public (1879, 1882); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1882 and 1884; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1886); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1888-1895); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1896); elected, United States Congress (Special Election, November 7, 1899-1903); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1900); editor, Reading Telegram (1903-1912); editor, Reading Times (1911-1913); associated, Rainbow Oil and Gas Company, Fort Worth, Tx.; died, December 29, 1929 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.