Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1907 — Was a Reconstruction Notable. [ARTICLE]

Was a Reconstruction Notable.

New Orleans, Feb. 1. —H. F. Herwig, a leading political figure of the south during reconstruction days, and the man who is reputed to have influenced the Louisiana delegation as to swinging the winning votes for President Hayes, during the Hayes-Tilden contest in the electorial college, is dead.