Henry B. Sayler | |
State: | Indiana |
Office1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1873 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1875 |
Predecessor1: | William Williams |
Successor1: | William S. Haymond |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1836 |
Birth Place: | Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Huntington, Indiana, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Mount Hope Cemetery |
Party: | Republican |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Henry Benton Sayler (March 31, 1836 - June 18, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1873 to 1875. He was a cousin of Milton Sayler, who also served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Sayler moved to Clinton County, Indiana.He attended the common schools of the county.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Eaton, Ohio.During the Civil War served in the Union Army as lieutenant, captain, and major.
Sayler was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.
He served as judge of the twenty-eighth judicial circuit court of Indiana 1875–1900.He died in Huntington, Indiana, June 18, 1900 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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