{{short description|20th century American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Henry Bodenstab |image = Henry H. Bodenstab.png |alt = |caption = |state = Wisconsin |state_senate = Wisconsin |district = 4th | term_start = January 4, 1909 | term_end = January 6, 1913 | predecessor = Theodore C. Froemming | successor = William L. Richards |party = Republican |birth_name = Henry H. Bodenstab |birth_date = {{Birth date|1874|06|29}} |birth_place = Howards Grove, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|12|28|1874|06|29}} |death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |resting_place = Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee |spouse = {{marriage|Anne Lynch|1899|1948}} |children = |father = Julius Bodenstab |education = University of Michigan Law School |occupation = Lawyer, politician |awards = }}
'''Henry H. Bodenstab''' (June 29, 1874{{spaced ndash}}December 28, 1948) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the north side of the city of Milwaukee and northern Milwaukee County.
==Biography== Bodenstab was born on June 29, 1874, in Howards Grove, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1094 |chapter=Biographical Sketches |title=Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year=1909 |publisher=State of Wisconsin |page=1094 |accessdate=2020-07-03 |via=Google Books}}</ref> His father, Julius Bodenstab, had just finished his second of two terms as a Liberal Republican member of the Assembly.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1877 Bashford, R. M., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc.'' Sixteenth Annual Edition. Madison: E. B. Bolens, State Printer, 1877; pp. 207-209]</ref>
He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1898.<ref name=Alumnus>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bf_hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA332 |title=The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 55 |publisher=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan |page=332 |year=1948 |access-date=2020-07-03 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1909/bios/bodensta888gbs.txt|title=Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Bodenstab, Henry H.|publisher=USGenWeb Archives|accessdate=2011-11-04}}</ref>
He died in Milwaukee on December 28, 1948.<ref name=Alumnus/>
==Career== Bodenstab was a member of the Senate from 1909 to 1912. He was a Republican.
He was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1919, but was defeated by Victor L. Berger.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54642280/victor-l-berger-choice-at-polls/ |title=Victor L. Berger Choice at Polls |newspaper=Morning Register |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |page=1 |date=1919-12-20 |access-date=2020-07-03 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave|90922409| Henry H. Bodenstab }} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boarman-bodziak.html#048.19.95 The Political Graveyard]
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-wi-sen}} {{s-bef|before = Theodore C. Froemming }} {{s-ttl|title = {{nobreak|Member of the Wisconsin Senate}} {{nobreak|from the 4th district}} |years= January 4, 1909{{spaced ndash}}January 6, 1913 }} {{s-aft|after = William L. Richards }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodenstab, Henry}} Category:People from Howards Grove, Wisconsin Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators Category:Wisconsin lawyers Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni Category:1874 births Category:1948 deaths Category:Politicians from Milwaukee Category:Lawyers from Milwaukee Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature