Barclay Henley

Barclay Henley (born March 17, 1843 in Charlestown , Clark County , Indiana , † February 15, 1914 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Barclay Henley was the son of Congressman Thomas J. Henley (1808-1875) from Indiana. In 1853 he came to San Francisco with his parents. In 1858 he returned to Indiana. He attended the public schools in his respective homeland as well as Hanover College . In 1861 he returned to San Francisco. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1864, he began to work in this profession in Santa Rosa . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Henley was a member of the California State Assembly in 1869 and 1870 ; from 1875 to 1876 he was a district attorney in Sonoma County .

In the congressional election of 1882 , Henley was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of California , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1883. After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1887 . Since 1885 he represented the first district of his state as the successor to William Starke Rosecrans . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Barclay Henley practiced as a lawyer in San Francisco. He died there on February 15, 1914.

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SURNAME	Henley, Barclay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 17, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlestown , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	February 15, 1914
Place of death	San Francisco , California