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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonJames Henry Dickey HENDERSON
(1810-1885)
HENDERSON, James Henry
Dickey, a Representative from Oregon; born near Salem, Ky.,
July 23, 1810; moved to Missouri Territory in 1817; attended the
public schools; learned the art of printing; entered the ministry
and was pastor of a church in Washington County, Pa., 1843-1851;
returned to Missouri and published a literary magazine; moved to
Oregon in 1852 and settled in Yamhill County; moved to Eugene, Lane
County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, specializing in the
raising of fruits; superintendent of the public schools of Lane
County in 1859; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth
Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1866; returned to Eugene, Oreg., and engaged in
agricultural pursuits; also preached, lectured, and wrote for
periodicals; died in Eugene, Oreg., December 13, 1885; interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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