Henry Noble Couden (November 21, 1842 – August 22, 1922) was a Universalist minister who was the 54th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives from December 2, 1895, to February 21, 1921.

[2] He described his activity during this battle in a 24 January 1903 letter to Warren D. Crandall,[4] author of History of the Ram Fleet and Mississippi Marine Brigade.

[5] After his ordination, he served churches in Madrid, New York; Willoughby, Ohio; Chatham, Massachusetts; and Port Huron, Michigan.

Champ Clark praised Couden's "prayers of excellent character, in both form and matter ... full of piety, sympathy, and philanthropy ... voiced in choice English".

[7] He served in post and departmental chaplaincies for the Grand Army of the Republic[2] and as the chaplain for the Society of Marine Brigade Survivors.