Winder Laird Henry

Winder Laird Henry (born December 20, 1864 in Cambridge , Dorchester County , Maryland , †  July 5, 1940 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1894 and 1895 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Winder Henry was a descendant of Governor Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834) and US Senator Robert Henry Goldsborough (1779-1836) and the son of Congressman Daniel Maynadier Henry (1823-1899). He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in commerce. He then became a shareholder and editor of the Cambridge Chronicle newspaper . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

After the death of MP Robert Franklin Bratton , Henry was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the first seat of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1894. Since he was no longer running in the regular congressional elections of 1894 , he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1895 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry returned to the newspaper business until 1898. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1898, he began to practice this profession. Between 1899 and 1903 Winder Henry was on the staff of Governor John Walter Smith . He served as a judge in the Maryland First Judicial District in 1908 and 1909. Then he worked again as a lawyer and got into the banking industry. Between 1914 and 1916, Henry was also a member of the Maryland State Services Commission. He died in Cambridge on July 5, 1940.

Web links

• Winder Laird Henry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)