Henry J. B. Cummings

Infobox Congressman
name=Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings


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state=Iowa
district=7th
party=Republican
term=March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
preceded=John A. Kasson
succeeded=Edward H. Gillette
date of birth=May 21, 1831
place of birth=Newton, New Jersey, USA
date of death=April 16, 1909
place of death=Winterset, Iowa, USA
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lawyer, Editor, Proprietor
religion=
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Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings (May 21, 1831 – April 16, 1909) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, editor and proprietor from Iowa.

Born in Newton, New Jersey, Cummings attended public schools in Muncy, Pennsylvania as a child. He was editor of a newspaper in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1850, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. He moved to Winterset, Iowa in 1856 and served as prosecuting attorney for Madison County, Iowa from 1856 to 1858. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Cummings enlisted in the Union Army in July, 1861 and was made captain of Company F of the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He accepted the commission of colonel of the 39th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 12, 1862 and was honorably discharged on December 22, 1864. Afterwards, he became editor and proprietor of the "Winterset Madisonian" in 1869 and was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1876, serving from 1877 to 1879, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1878. Cummings died in Winterset, Iowa on April 16, 1909 and was interned in Winterset Cemetery in Winterset.

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*CongBio|C000986 Retrieved on 2008-02-14
*findagrave|18735574 Retrieved on 2008-02-14