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Henderson,
Charles
English, |>liyMi<>iiin, railroiid prt-sidt'iit. was Iwirn Sept. 'I'y, IK44. in JeffiTson county. Vii.. now VV»t 'irpinia. In 18.")0-r)9 ho was oducatcd at a private »eliiM>l in JefferHon cotjnty. Va.; and in IH.V.Ifil in (Jeorgetown, D.C.' In 18GS hr pradnatrd from the medical department of the nniversity of Pennsylvania and in lS(i;>-7<> was resilient physician ol ISay Vie« hospital
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ill
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MUM^RAPIIY.
He
.Scotland.
entereil tin- iinion army an a jirivate in 1S»5I and
attained the rank of
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and Western Missouri railroad. In 1S7!I-S0 he was general freight and ticket agent for the Atchison and Nebraska railway; and also consecutively auditor, paymasti'r. cashier and assistant general manager. In IHSI88 he was general manager and receiver ol the Indiana. RIoomington. and western railway; in 1888-81> was general manager of (he Ohio, Indiana and western railway; in lH8I-!>2 was general manager of the Ohio southern railroad: and in 1884-86 was general manaiger of the Dayton and I ronton railroad. In 1884-87 he was manager for the purchaser of the Dayton and Toledo railroad: in 1884-8fi was rweiver of the Danville, OIney and Ohio river railroad; and in 188({-88 was general manager of the Cliicago and Ohio river railway. In 188!)in03 he was general manager of the Philadelphia and Reading coal and iron company: and since 1903 has been first vicepr«*sident of that corporation. Since 18!lrt lie has also been second vice-president of the Phila<lelphia and Reading railway.
Henderson, Churles Hanford, e«lucator;-author. was born D<'c. .SO. 18fil. in Philadelphia. Pa. He is a science teacher: and in 1898-90 was director in Pratt institute of Brooklyn. X.Y. He is the author of Klements of Physics; Children of (Jood Fortune; and other works,
Henderson. Charles author, was born Dec. I
ml.
.*>ince
1S1I2
lie
Richmond, educator,
17. 184S. in Covington. has been professor oi
sociology lit the university of Chicago. He is the author of Introihietion to Study of Dependents. Defectives and Delinf|ueiits; Development of Doctrine in the Kpistles; Sot-ial Spirit in .merica: Sticial Klements; and S<tcial
Si'ttletnents.
Henderson, David, journalist, theatrical nuinager. fnuntler. was horn .April 2n. |s,"»;{. in Srotland. In 1880 he founde<l the Chicago Herald. In 1884 he built tlM> Cliicago opera house, the first steel constructed, (irepro<»f and electric lighted theater in America. In 1890 he built the Dnipiesne theater in Pittsburgh, Pa. Henderson, David Bremner, soldier, lawyer,
congressman, was born March
14,
1840,
lu>
^^'^^^ ^" assistant United States district attorney: was chairman of the Iowa dele-
gation in the republican national conven-
of Haltiniore, M<1. In IS7<l-74 he was in railway service as a clerk on the Missouri river, Fort Scott and CJulf railway: in 1H74-
he was chief clerk to the ^'eneral ^np<'rintendent an«I receiver of the Leavenwortli, I*awrence and (iaiveston railr«tail. In IH7!i he was engaged in prospecting routes and settling purchase accounts for Springfield
In 18(19-70
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tion of ISSO: secri'tary of ytublican
and wan the
committee
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preseiitative fr<»in Iowa to the forty iglith. fortv ninth. fiftieth, fifty-first, lifty..cond. fifty-third, fifty-fourth, lifty-fiftli. fiftv-seventh and tiftv-eightli tiftv-sixth, r.
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xHigresses as a republican; and in 18!HII90:i he was speaker of the house to tin* lifty-fifth. fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses. He died Feb. 2r>, 1906. in Diibmiue. Iowa.
Henderson, Ernest
Flagg,
educator,
au-
thor, was born May 11, 1861, in New Hrighfon, N.Y. He is an instructor in Welleslev college. He is the author of A History (»f
(Jermany
in
the
Middle Ages;
Historical
Documents of the Middle Ages; and laborator
in
I.4irned'8
History
for
col-
Ready
Iteference.
Henderson, Isaac, journalist, author, was horn Feb. 13. 18.'.0, in Brooklyn. N.Y. lUt was a New York City journalist in 1872 81 ; and has since lived abroad. He is the auAgatha Page; Tlio liior of The Prelate; Silent Battle; The Mummy and the Hum-
ming
Bird.
He
died in 1909.
Henderson, James H. D., journalist, congressman, was born July 23, 1810, in Salem. Ky. He settled on a farm two or thrcf miles south of Kugene City, Ore. In 186.")-(J7 he was a representative from Oregon to the thirty-ninth congress as a republican. He died in October, 188.1, in Kugene City. On*. Henderson, James Pinckney, lawyer, soldier, governor, Cnited States senator, was born March 31. 1808, in Lincoln county. N.C Ilis first civil oflice was that of attorni'V^eneral of the republic of Texas. In 1837 hr was a|ipointed secretary of state of tin* re])ubli<-; and soon afterward minister ph-niI'otcntiary to Kngland and France. In 184.'» he was" a member of the convention w hicli framed the constitution of the state of Texas; and in 1846-47 was the first governor. When the Mexican war broke out in 1846. he served six months as major-g«'nera I.
In lS.")7-'»9 he was Cnited Stat«'s senator froin Texas. He died .Tune 4, 18.'>8. in Washington, D.C.
Henderson, John, soldier, lawyer, Cnit»*«I States senator, was Iwrn in ITOil in a northern state. He was a general of militia in .Mississippi: and in 1839-45 he was l'nite«l
