Henry D. Flood
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's10th district
In office March 4, 1901 – December 8, 1921
Preceded by	Julian M. Quarles
Succeeded by	Henry S. Tucker III
Member of theVirginia Senate from the18th district
In office December 2, 1891 – March 4, 1901
Preceded by	Edmund W. Hubard
Succeeded by	Frank C. Moon
Member of theVirginia House of Delegates fromAppomattox County
In office December 8, 1887 – December 2, 1891
Preceded by	W. C. Franklin
Succeeded by	J. W. Harwood
Personal details
Born	Henry De La Warr Flood (1865-09-02)September 2, 1865 EldonAppomattox County, Virginia,Virginia,U.S.
Died	December 8, 1921(1921-12-08) (aged 56) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Washington & Lee University University of Virginia
Occupation	Attorney

Henry De La Warr Flood (September 2, 1865 – December 8, 1921) was a representative from theCommonwealth of Virginia to theUnited States House of Representatives, brother ofU.S. RepresentativeJoel West Flood and uncle ofU.S. SenatorHarry Flood Byrd.

Flood was born September 2, 1865, in "Eldon" inAppomattox County, Virginia, to former Virginia state senator andCSA MajorJoel Walker Flood (1839–1916), and his first wife, the former Ella Faulkner (1844–1885).^[1] He had an elder sister, Eleanor Bolling Flood Byrd (1864–1957), and a younger half-brotherJoel West Flood (1894–1964). Flood attended public schools in Appomattox andRichmond, Virginia. He received hisundergraduate degree fromWashington and Lee University and hislaw degree from theUniversity of Virginia.

On April 18, 1914, the middle-aged bachelor married Anna Florence Portner (1888–1966), daughter of German beer brewer and inventorRobert Portner. They married atAll Souls Unitarian Church inWashington, D.C., followed by a reception at thePan American Union Building. His young namesake Henry D. Flood III died in 1920, the year of his birth, as had their daughter Anna Portner Flood in 1916. Their children Bolling Byrd Flood (1915–2000) and Eleanor Faulkner Flood Schoellkopf (1917–1975) survived their parents.

Flood wasadmitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice inAppomattox, Virginia. He was electedCommonwealth's Attorney for Appomattox County in 1891, 1895, and 1899.

Voters also elected Flood as Appomattox County's delegate to theVirginia House of Delegates from 1887 to 1891 (a part-time position). He served as member of theSenate of Virginia from 1891 to 1903. He was a delegate to theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1901. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theFifty-fifth Congress.

Flood was elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-seventh and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served until his death (March 4, 1901 – December 8, 1921). In his first term, he proposed creation of what ultimately becameShenandoah National Park more than a decade after his death, due to the efforts of his nephewHarry F. Byrd, who became one of Virginia's U.S. Senators in 1933.

Flood served as chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sixty-second throughSixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Territories (Sixty-second Congress).

In 1911, he was responsible for theFlood amendment to the enabling act for New Mexico statehood, which provided for a simple majority to ratify amendments to the New Mexico Constitution. In 1917, he helped to bring the United States intoWorld War I as the author of the resolutions declaring a state of war to exist between the United States andGermany andAustria-Hungary.

Henry died on December 8, 1921, inWashington, D.C.

He was interred in amausoleum on thecourthousegreen atAppomattox, Virginia;the courthouse is located in theAppomattox Historic District.

• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)

• United States Congress."Henry D. Flood (id: F000210)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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