Henry, W. Laird
journalist, conwas born Dec. 20, 1864, in Cambridge. He purchased an interest in the Cambridge Chronicle, in Maryland, and has been since engaged in editing that journal. He never held any public position until elected in 1894 to fill a vacancy in the fifty-third congress. gressman, Virginia assembly; and was elected a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress, from 1774 to 1776. He signed the declaration of independence; and was a delegate to the Richmond convention of 1777. In 1776 he was elected governor of Virginia, reelected, and then declined a re-election. From 1780 to 1791 he served in the assembly of the state. He was again elected governor in 1796, but declined to He died June 6, 1799, in Red Hill, serve.
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