James Henry Dickey Henderson
- James Henry Dickey Henderson
Infobox Congressman
name= James H. D. Henderson
state= Oregon
district = ushr|Oregon|AL|At-large
party= Republican
term= March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
preceded= John R. McBride
succeeded= Rufus Mallory
date of birth= July 23 1810
place of birth= Salem, Kentucky
date of death= December 13 1885
place of death=Eugene, Oregon
spouse=Mary E. Fisher
current occupation=
James Henry Dickey Henderson (July 23 1810 - December 13, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Oregon.
Early life
Born near Salem, Kentucky, Henderson moved to Missouri Territory in 1817 where he attended the public schools.[cite web | title = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000480| accessdate = 2007-06-04] He entered the ministry and was pastor of a church in Washington County, Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1851. In 1851, he returned to Missouri and published a literary magazine.]The Oregon Trail
A strong abolitionist, Henderson decided to leave Missouri, where slavery was allowed, and move to Oregon Territory.[cite book|title=Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon|publisher=A. G. Walling|location=Portland, Oregon|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/jhdhenderson.txt|date=1884|pages=p. 483|accessdate=2007-06-04] He, his wife, and five children endured an arduous six-month journey on the Oregon Trail and arrived in Portland, Oregon on October 12 1852.]Political career
In 1858, Henderson was elected superintendent of Lane County schools, and then was nominated by the Republican as its candidate to represent Oregon in the United States House of Representatives.
Mines and Mining, Indian Affairs, and the special committee on the death of President Lincoln.
Henderson was not renominated by his party in 1866, and returned to his agricultural pursuits in Eugene.
References
External links
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