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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ArkansasHenry Wharton CONWAY
(1793-1827)
CONWAY, Henry Wharton,
(cousin of Ambrose Hendley Sevier), a Delegate from the Territory
of Arkansas; born near Greeneville, Greene County, Tenn., March 18,
1793; educated by private tutors; enlisted as an ensign in the War
of 1812 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1813; clerk in the
Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., in 1817; moved to Missouri
Territory in 1818 and to Arkansas Territory in 1820; receiver of
public moneys in 1820 and 1821; elected a Delegate to the
Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses and served from
March 4, 1823, until his death near Arkansas Post, Ark., then the
Territorial seat of government, November 9, 1827; interment in
Arkansas Post Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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