Henry Dickinson Green

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Henry Dickinson Green (May 3, 1857–December 29, 1929) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Henry D. Green was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from the Reading High School in 1872 and Yale College in 1877. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Reading. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1883 to 1886. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1889 to 1896. During the Spanish-American War, he served as captain of Company G, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was a delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention.

Green was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Ermentrout. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He worked as editor of the Reading Telegram from 1903 to 1912 and of the Reading Times from 1911 to 1913. He resumed the practice of law in Reading, and was also admitted to the bar in Texas in 1920. He became engaged in oil operation in the Mid-continent Oil Field. He died in Reading in 1929. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Daniel Ermentrout

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1899 - 1903

Succeeded by Henry B. Cassel