William Henry Harries was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a United States House of Representatives member, representing Minnesota during the Fifty-second Congress. Earlier, he served in the famed Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac through most of the American Civil War.

Hokah is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 580 at the 2010 census. Hokah is located near the confluence of the Root and Mississippi rivers, opposite La Crosse, Wisconsin.