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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCharles Lewis HENRY
(1849-1927)
HENRY, Charles Lewis, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Green Township, Hancock
County, Ind., July 1, 1849; moved with his parents to Pendleton,
Ind.; attended the common schools and Asbury (now De Pauw)
University, Greencastle, Ind.; was graduated from the law
department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1872; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pendleton; moved to
Anderson, Ind., in 1875; member of the State senate in 1880, 1881,
and 1883; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and
Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); declined to
be a candidate for renomination in 1898; interested in the
development and operation of electric interurban railways; at the
time of his death was president and receiver of the Indianapolis
& Cincinnati Traction Co., which he had managed for
twenty-three years; died in Indianapolis, Ind., May 2, 1927;
interment in Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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