Henry D. McHenry

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(February 27, 1826 — December 17, 1890) McHenry was an American politician and lawyer. Henry Davis McHenry was born in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1826. He graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1845. McHenry was admitted to the bar that same year and practiced law in Hartford, Kentucky. He served in the State House of Representatives in 1851 to 1853 and 1865 to 1867, and also in the State Senate from 1861 to 1865. McHenry was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1872 until his death in 1890. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000468]

Member of Kentucky Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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