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Henderson, James H. D

journalist, congressman, was born July 23, 1810, in Salem, Ky. He moved to Lane county and settled on a farm two or three miles south of Eugene City, Ore. In 1864 he was the successful candidate of the republican party for congressman at large from the state of Oregon and took his seat in that body March 4, 1865. He died in October, 1885, in Eugene City, Ore.

HENDERSON, JAMES PINCKNEY, lawyer, soldier, statesman, was born March 31, 1808, in Lincoln county, N. C.

His first civil office was that of attorneygeneral of the republic of Texas, having been appointed by President Houston in 1836. In 1837 he was appointed secretary of state of the republic, and soon afterward minister plenipotentiary to England and France. In 1845 he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the state of Texas, and in November of the same year was elected governor of that state. When the Mexican war broke out in 1846, he served six months as major-general. In 1857 hè was elected a senator in congress from Texas. He died June 4, 1858, in Washington, D. C.