Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p William Henry Harries, (January 15, 1843 – July 23, 1921), was a Representative from Minnesota; born near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin; enlisted as a private in Company B, Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, April 18, 1861; was wounded at the Battle of Antietam, commissioned captain of Company F, Third Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, General Hancock’s corps, December 21, 1864; honorably discharged April 17, 1866; was graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Hokah, Minnesota; afterwards practiced in Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota; prosecuting attorney of Houston County 1874 – 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; appointed by President Grover Cleveland as collector of internal revenue for Minnesota and served from 1894 to 1898, residing in St. . }
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- William_H._Harries comment "William Henry Harries, (January 15, 1843 – July 23, 1921), was a Representative from Minnesota; born near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin; enlisted as a private in Company B, Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, April 18, 1861; was wounded at the Battle of Antietam, commissioned captain of Company F, Third Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, General Hancock’s corps, December 21, 1864; honorably discharged April 17, 1866; was graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Hokah, Minnesota; afterwards practiced in Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota; prosecuting attorney of Houston County 1874 – 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; appointed by President Grover Cleveland as collector of internal revenue for Minnesota and served from 1894 to 1898, residing in St. ".