Henry Grider (July 16, 1796 – September 7, 1866) was aUnited States representative fromKentucky. He was born inGarrard County, Kentucky. He pursued an academic course, studiedlaw, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inBowling Green, Kentucky.
Grider served in theWar of 1812. After the war, he was a member of theKentucky House of Representatives in 1827 and 1831. He also served in theKentucky Senate 1833–1837. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847) and elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses and as a Democrat to theThirty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1861, until his death in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1866. As a congressman, he served on theJoint Committee on Reconstruction which drafted theFourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. His vote on theThirteenth Amendment is recorded as nay. He was buried in Old College Street Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromKentucky's 3rd congressional district 1861–1866 | Succeeded by |
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