Henry Poehler, (August 22, 1833 – July 18, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Born in , Lippe-Detmold, Germany (now a part of Detmold), he attended his father’s academy and immigrated to the United States in April 1848, settling in Burlington, Iowa where he attended the public schools. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1853 and later on to Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota in 1854. He engaged in general merchandising and as a grain merchant and was appointed postmaster at Henderson, Minnesota onFebruary 25, 1856, serving until April 12, 1861. He served in the state house of representatives in 1857, 1858, and 1865, and served as county commissioner of Sibley County and chairman of the board from January 1865 to January 1868. He was member of the state senate in 1872 and 1873