Henry, John

Name: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 - Henry, John
Author: U.S. Congress

Henry, John, a Representative from Illinois; born near Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., November 1, 1800; attended the public schools; served as a private in Captain Arnett’s company of Illinois volunteers in the Black Hawk War; member of the State house of representatives 1832-1840; was prominently identified with the construction of the first railway in Illinois in 1838; member of the State senate 1840-1847; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward D. Baker and served from February 5, 1847, to March 3, 1847; was not a candidate for the Thirtieth Congress; superintendent of the State insane asylum at Jacksonville, Ill., 1850-1855; during the Civil War was connected with the Quartermaster’s Department at Jackson, Tenn., from August 25, 1862, to April 30, 1863; died in St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 1882; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Henry, John," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1300 Original Sources, accessed December 11, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=84VBDGWX9HHE944.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Henry, John." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1300, Original Sources. 11 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=84VBDGWX9HHE944.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Henry, John' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1300. Original Sources, retrieved 11 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=84VBDGWX9HHE944.