Biography

07/03/1832 - 07/21/1903

HUHN, Henry, a Clerk from Philadelphia County; born, July 3, 1832 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Central High School; clerk, Schuylkill Navigation Company; chief clerk and paymaster, Little Schuylkill Navigation Company; literary editor; engaged, mercantile business; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve Schuylkill County in 1860; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1861); coal merchant; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1869-1872; president, 1871-1872); appointed, board of city trusts, park commissioner, and public housing commissioner, Philadelphia (1871-1872); reelected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve Philadelphia County in 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1878); elected, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (January 4, 1881-January 2, 1883); reading clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1885-1888); Speaker’s clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1889-1903); died, July 21, 1903 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey; interred, Forest Hills Memorial Park, Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.