Thomas J. Henley

Thomas Jefferson Henley (born June 18, 1808 in Richmond , Indiana , †  May 1, 1875 in Mendocino County , California ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1849 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Henley attended Indiana University in Bloomington after finishing school . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1828, he began to work in his hometown of Richmond in this profession. He also worked in the banking industry. Politically, Henley was a member of the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson in 1828 . From 1832 to 1842 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives , of which he was president in 1840.

In the congressional elections of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Richard W. Thompson on March 4, 1843 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1849 . These were determined by the events of the Mexican-American War , as a result of which the US state territory in the west and southwest was considerably expanded. Between 1843 and 1847 Henley was chairman of the patent committee.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Henley moved to California in 1849, which had also fallen to the United States as a result of the war with Mexico. In Sacramento he worked in the banking industry. Between 1851 and 1853 he was a member of the first California State Assembly . From 1855 to 1858 he was Indian commissioner for the state of California; between 1860 and 1864 he was head of the San Francisco Postal Service . Thomas Henley died in Mendocino County on May 1, 1875 and was buried in Santa Rosa . He was the father of the California Congressman Barclay Henley (1843-1914).

Web links

• Thomas J. Henley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas J. Henley in the database of Find a Grave (English)