Representative Henry C. Brandes View All Years

Henry C. Brandes

Pottawattamie County

HENRY C. BRANDES was born in Brunswick, Germany, April 14, 1852, and died in a hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 24, 1925. Burial was near Hancock, Pottawattamie County. His parents were Henry C. and Dorothy (Ketz) Brandes. He immigrated to America in 1868, settling at La Salle, Illinois. He attended common school both in Germany and in La Salle. His vocation was that of a farm hand, and in 1874 he purchased a farm in James Township, Pottawattamie County. However he remained at La Salle until 1877 when he removed to his farm. That fall he was elected a township trustee and continued to hold that position until in 1896 when he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of Pottawattamie County. He served in that capacity until 1906 when he was elected representative. He was re-elected two years later, and served in the Thirty-second and Thirty-third general assemblies. He was a Republican in politics.

House District 31