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Henderson M. Jacoway | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from 's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Charles C. Reid |
| Succeeded by | Heartsill Ragon |
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| Born | Henderson Madison Jacoway (1870-11-07)November 7, 1870 Dardanelle, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 1947(1947-08-04) (aged 76) Little Rock Arkansas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Roselawn Cemetery, Arkansas |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Henderson Madison Jacoway (November 7, 1870 – August 4, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as aU.S. Representative fromArkansas from 1911 to 1923.
Born inDardanelle, Arkansas to William Dodge Jacoway (judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit) and Elizabeth D. Parks,[1] Jacoway attended the common schools.He graduated from the Dardanelle High School in 1887, from theWinchester Normal College,Winchester, Tennessee, in 1892, and from the law department ofVanderbilt University,Nashville, Tennessee, in 1898.He wasadmitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Dardanelle.
He was the secretary of theDawes Commission, engaged in distributing the estates of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the then Indian Territory.
He served as prosecuting attorney of the fifth judicial district 1904-1908.He served as a member of the State Democratic central committee 1910-1912.
Jacoway was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922.
He moved toLittle Rock, Arkansas, in 1922 and served as vice president of the People's Savings Bank from 1923 to 1929.He resumed the practice of law.Regional counsel of the Social Security Board for the States ofArkansas,Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas from 1936 to 1945.
He died inLittle Rock, Arkansas, August 4, 1947.He was interred in Roselawn Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's 5th congressional district March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 | Succeeded by |
