Henry Frederick Niedringhaus (December 15, 1864 - August 3, 1941) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Missouri

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, nephew of Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Niedringhaus attended the public schools, Central Wesleyan College

Central Wesleyan College

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, Warrenton, Missouri

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, and Smith Academy

Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School

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, a branch of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
He engaged in manufacturing pursuits, serving as general manager of the National Enameling &.
Stamping Co. in Granite City, Illinois

Granite City, Illinois

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He served as chairman of the board of governors of Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children, St. Louis, Missouri from 1924 to 1941.

Niedringhaus was elected as a Republican

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to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.
He retired from active business pursuits and resided in St. Louis, Missouri, until his death in that city August 3, 1941.
He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery.