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Henderson, Archibald – Henderson, Richard

Henderson, Archibald

lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 7, 1768, in Granville county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Caro- North Carolina from 1799 to 1803; and was subsequently elected to the general assembly for several terms. He died Oct. 21, 1822, 21, 1822, in Salisbury, N. C.

Henderson, Archibald

soldier, was born in 1785 in Virginia. He served in the war of 1812 and attained the rank of major; also served in the Florida war and received, for gallant and meritorious services, the rank of brigadiergeneral .

He died Jan. 27, 1837, in Washington, D. C.

Henderson, Bennett H

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1815 to 1817.

Henderson, Ernest Flagg

educator, author, was born in 1861 in New York. He is an instructor in Wellesley college, and the author of A History of Germany in the Middle Ages; Historical Documents of the Middle Ages; and collaborator in Larned's History for Ready Reference.

Henderson, Isaac

journalist, author, was born in 1850 in New York. He was a New York city journalist in 1872-81, who has since lived abroad. He is the author of The Prelate; and Agatha Page.

Henderson, John

soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1795 in a northern state. He was a general of militia in Mississippi, and a senator in congress from Mississippi from 1839 to 1845. He died in 1857 in Pass Christian , Miss.

Henderson, John Brooks

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 16 , 1826, near Danville, Va. He was elected to the Missouri state legislature, re-elected in 1856, and in the same year chosen a presidential elector, and also in 1860. On the expulsion of Trusten Polk from the United States senate, he was appointed to fill the vacancy, and in 1863 was elected for the full term ending in 1869.

Henderson, John H. D

journalist, clergyman, congressman, was born July 23, 1810, in Salem, Ky. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Oregon to the thirty-ninth congress.

Henderson, John Oscar

journalist, was born Sept. 1, 1847, in New London, Ind. Since 1876 he has been the editor and owner of the Kokomo Dispatch, Indiana. He was appointed collector of internal revenue in 1885, and is now auditor of state for the state of Indiana.

Henderson, Joseph

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.

Henderson, Matthew

missionary, was born in 1736 in Scotland. In 1782 he removed to Washington county, and became pastor of the Associate Reformed church of Chartiers and Buffalo, being the only clergyman of his denomination in that portion of Pennsylvania. He died Oct. 2, 1795, in Washington county, Pa.

Henderson, Richard

pioneer, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1734 in Hanover county, Va. In 1769 he was appointed associate judge of the superior court of North Carolina. He died Jan. 30, 1785, in Hillsborough, N. C.