Henderson, Archibald – Hendricks, Francis
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 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, David Bremner
solborn dier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 14, 1840, in Scotland. He entered the union army as a private in 1861 and served with distinction, rising to the rank of colonel. In 1869-70 he was assistant United States district attorney; was chairman of the Iowa delegation in the republican national convention of 1880; and was secretary of the republican congressional committee in 1882. He was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-eighth congress; was re-elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. He has twice presided over the republican state conventions of Iowa; and has three times served as chairman of his delegation from Iowa to the national republican conventions.
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 He is an instructor in Wellesley college, and the author of A History of Germany in the Middle Ages; Historical Documents of the Middle Ages; and collaborator in Larned's History for Ready Reference.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, 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.
Henderson, John
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1795 in a northern state. He was a general of 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, John S
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 6, 1846, in Salisbury, N. C. In 1864 he entered the confederate army and served as a private until the close of the civil war.
In 1871 he was elected a delegate to the state constitutional convention, and again in 1875, and in 1876 was elected a representative in the North Carolina state legislature. In 1879 he was elected a state senator, and in 1880 was a delegate to the democratic national convention .
In 1883 he was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-ninth congress, and was re-elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Henderson, Joseph
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.
Henderson, Leonard
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 6, 1772, in Granville county, N. C. In 1808 he was made judge of the appellate court; in 1818 was elected to the supreme court of North Carolina; and in 1829 was appointed chief justice.
He died Aug. 13, 1833, in Williamsborough, N. C.
Henderson, Mrs. Mary Foote
author, was born about 1835 in New York.
She is a writer of St. Louis who organized the Industrial Art school in that city, and is the author of Practical Cooking and Dinner-Giving; and Diet for the Sick.
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, Peter
florist, author, was born June 9, 1822, in Scotland. In 1865 he engaged in the seed business as Henderson and Fleming, and in 1871 founded the now famous firm of Peter Henderson and Co., seedsmen and florists.
He wrote much on horticulture for the newspaper press and produced several valuable books on gardening and flowers, entitled: Gardening for Profit; Practical Floriculture; Gardening for Pleasure; Handbook of Plants; How the Farm Pays; and Garden and Farm Topics. He died Jan. 17, 1890, in Jersey City, N. J.
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.
Henderson, Robert Miller
soldier, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 11, 1827, near Carlisle, Pa. He was 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 fill a vacancy.
Henderson, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1743 in Freehold, N. J. He was judge of the court of 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, Thomas J
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 29 , 1824, in Brownsville, Tenn. In 1854 he was elected to the Illinois state legislature; and in 1856 was chosen a senator, serving four years. He was brevetted a brevetted a brigadier-general in 1865 for services in Georgia and Tennessee. In 1874 he was In 1874 he was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-fourth congress. He was rewas reelected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fiftythird congresses as a republican.
Henderson, William F
lawyer, jurist. In 1885 he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the 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 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.
Hendren, Gilbert H
lawyer, was born March 29, 1857, in Canal Winchester, Ohio. After receiving his education in education in the district schools of Ohio, and the Normal schools of Indiana, he graduated from the Central Law school of Indianapolis.
He is a prominent lawyer of Bloomfield, Ind.; has been deputy clerk of the Greene county circuit for eight years; for three terms was chairman of the democratic county central committee; and was delegate from the second congressional district to the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago.
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 He was elected to the state senate from the third district in 1887. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Hendricks, Francis
merchant, banker, state senator, was born Nov. 23, 1834, in Kingston, N. Y. He was elected to the state senate in 1886 and served and served continuously in that body for six years. a