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attorney foi* Lamoille count}', 1858-59 ; represent- ed Morristovvn in the state legislature, 1861-G3 ; served as deputy provost marshal, 1862-65 ; and was state senator in 1866, 1867 and 1868, be- ing president pro tempore of the senate in 1868. He was elected lieutenant-governor of Vermont by the Republican party in 1869, and became governor on the death of Governor Peter T. Washburn in February, 1870, and served imtil the close of the term. He was a Republican rep- resentative from the third Vermont district in the 43d, 44th and 45th congresses, 1873-79. He served on the committees on the District of Columbia and on private land claims. He was one of the projectors of the Portland and Ogdensburg rail- road and was a director from the opening of the road in 1873. He was president of the Montreal, Portland and Boston railroad of Canada, 1887-89 ; director and vice-president of the Union Savings Bank and Trust company of Morrisville, Vt., 1890-97, and president from 1897 ; receiver of the National Bank of Poultney, 1880-81 ; and of the Vermont National Bank of St. Albans, 1883-92, and was national bank examiner, 1879-85. He was married, Nov. 17, 1855, toMillissa, daughter of Stevens and Caroline (Johnson) Redding. She died in 1861, and he was married a second time, Dec. 23, 1863, to Viola L., daughter of Loren and Fidelia (Paine) Buiidy.

HENDERSON, Archibald, representative, was born in Granville county, N.C., Aug. 7, 1768; son of Judge Richard and Elizabeth (Keeling) Henderson. He was educated at Granville acad- emy and practised law in Salisbury. He was a representative in the 6th and 7th U.S. congresses, 1799-1803. He was elected as a Federalist, but in 1800 supported Jefferson. He was a member of the house of commons of North Carolina, 1807- 20, and was celebrated throughout the state as an advocate. He was married in July, 1802, to Sarah, daughter of Moses Alexander of Mecklen- burg county, and a descendant of the Alex- anders who came to America from Ireland and settled in Mecklenburg county in 1755. He died in Salisbury, N.C., Oct. 1, 1822.

HENDERSON, Charles Richmond, educator, was born in Covington, Ind., Dec. 17, 1848; son of Albert and Lorana (Richmond) Henderson and grandson of Dr. John Lambert Richmond. He was graduated from the old University of Chicago, 111., in 1870, and from the Baptist Theo- logical seminary, Chicago, in 1873. He was a pastor at Terre Haute, Ind., 1873-82 ; at Detroit, Mich. , 1882-93 ; assistant professor of social science at the University of Chicago, and uni- versity recorder, 1892-94 ; and became associate professor of sociology in the Divinity school in 1892, full professor in 1897 and university chap- lain in 1892. He was president of the 26th Na-

tional Conference of Charities and Correction^ 1898-99 ; a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and of the American Economic association ; vice-president of the Na- tional Prison association, 1900, and chairman of the executive committee of the Chicago Bureau of Charities. He received the degree of D.D. from the Baptist Union Theological seminary in 1883. He became associate editor of the Ameri- can Joiirnal of Theology and of the American Journal of Sociology, and is the author of Intro- duction of the Study of Dependents, Defectives and Delinqnents (1893); Development of Doctrine in the Epistles (1894); Social Spirit in A^nerica (1896); Social Elements (1898); Social Settlements (1899) ; and introduction to Thomas Chalmers Christian and Civil Economy of Large Toions (1900), and The Socialist Spirit in America (1902). HENDERSON, David Bremner, representa, tive, was born at Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840 ; son of Thomas and Barbara (Legge) Hen- derson. He was brought to America by his parents who located on a farm in Winne- bago county. 111., in 1846. In 1849 they removed to Fayette county, Iowa, where the son was educated, attending the district schools and Upper Iowa imiversity. He enlisted in the U.S. army, Sept. 15, 1861, and was mustered into service Novem- ber 5, as first lieuten- ant of Company C, 12th Iowa infantry.

He participated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth, being se- verely wounded at Fort Donelson, and losing a leg at Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862. He served as com- missioner of the board of enrollment of the Third district of Iowa, 1862-64, and re-entered the army June 10, 1864, as colonel of the 46th Iowa infantry and served until the close of the war, when he was appointed a collector of in- ternal revenue, serving 1865-69. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1865 and practised in Du- buque, Iowa. He was an assistant U.S. district attorney, 1869-71, and was a Republican repre- sentative in the 48th, 49th, 50th. 51st. 52d, 53d, 54th. 55th and 56th congresses, 1883-1901, serving as chairman of the committee on the judiciary and as a member of the committees on rules and appropriations. He was renominated by accla- mation for the 57th congress in June, 1900. He was elected speaker of the house of representa-

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