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Henderson, Robert Miller

soldier, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 11, 1827, near Carlisle, Pa. He was admitted to the bar in Carlisle in 1847, and served in the legislature in 1851-53.

In 1865 he was brevetted colonel and brigand brigadier-general of volunteers for services during the war. In 1872 he became law judge of the twelfth judicial district of Pennsylvania, served ten years, and was elected president judge of the same district in 1882.

Henderson, Samuel

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1814 to 1815 to fill a vacancy.

Henderson, Thomas

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1743 in Freehold, N. J. He was judge of the court of common pleas; a delegate to the continental congress from 1779 to 1780; and was a representative from New Jersey in congress, under the constitution, from 1795 to 1797. He was also lieutenant -governor of that state. He died Dec. 15, 1824, in Freehold, N. J.

Henderson, William F

lawyer, jurist. In 1885 he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of New Mexico for the term of four years, residing in Santa Fe.

Henderson, William James

journalist, author, was born in 1855 in New Jersey. He is a journalist on the staff of the New York Times; and the author of The Story of Music; Preludes and Studies ; Sea Yarns for Boys; Afloat with the Flag; and Elements of Navigation.

Hendrick, John K

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1849, in North Carolina. He was elected county attorney of Livingston county, Ky., in 1878; and re-elected in 1882. He was elected to the state senate from the third district in 1887. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Hendrix, Eugene Russell

bishop, author, was born May 17, 1847, in Fayette, Mo. He is a bishop of the methodist church south, whose official residence is at Kansas City. He has written Around the World.

Hendrix, Joseph C

journalist, banker, congressman, was born May 25, 1853, in Fayette , Mo. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster of Brooklyn, and served until 1890.

In 1887 he was elected president of the board of education of Brooklyn, and has been elected annually since to 1892. He was elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.

Hening, William Waller

lawyer, author. He was a legal writer of Vir- .

He was a legal writer of Virginia; and the author of The American Pleader and Lawyer's Guide; The New Virginia Justice; The Statutes of Virginia, 1691-1792; and Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia and in the Supreme Court of Chancery for Richmond District. He died in 1828 in Virginia.

Henley, Barclay

lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born March 17, 1842, in Clark county, Ind. He served in 1869 in the California state legislature as assemblyman; was presidential elector in 1880; and served with distinction as a member of the forty-eighth and fortyninth congresses during 1882-87.

Henley, David

revolutionary soldier, was born Feb. 12, 1748, in Charlestown, Mass. He was appointed brigademajor to Gen. Heath in 1775. He died Jan. 1, 1823, in Washington, D. C.

Henley, John Dandridge

naval officer, was born Feb. 25, 1781, in Williamsburg, Pa. He was appointed a midshipman by President Washington, and a commander in 1813. He was promoted to a captaincy in 1817; and at the time of his death was commanding the West Indian squadron. He died May 23, 1835, in Havana , Cuba. a