Herman Emil Taubeneck (January 2, 1855 - March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and as National Chairman of the People's Party.

[1] Herman Emil Taubeneck was born January 2, 1855, in Terre Haute, Indiana to German-American immigrants Otto and Emma Taubeneck (née Nonneubluck) The family lived in Terre Haute until moving to a farmer near Marshall, Illinois in 1860.

While Taubeneck stuck with Streeter, Cockrell and Moore defected from the Farmers' Alliance position and voted with the Democratic caucus for John M. Palmer.

[1] Early in his term, Taubeneck was accused of actually being W. H. Rogers, a criminal who defrauded his way out of an Ohio prison in 1886.

While chairman, Taubeneck was an advocate for the Populist embrace of the Free Silver movement and of fusionism.