Thomas J. Henderson | |
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| Chairman of the House Republican Conference | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Speaker | Thomas B. Reed(1889–1891) Charles F. Crisp(1891–1895) |
| Preceded by | Joseph G. Cannon |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Grosvenor |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | William Cullen |
| Succeeded by | George Edmund Foss |
| Constituency | 7th district |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Hawley |
| Succeeded by | Robert R. Hitt |
| Constituency | 6th district |
| Member of theIllinois Senate | |
| In office 1852-1860 | |
| Member of theIllinois House of Representatives | |
| In office 1857-1860 | |
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| Born | (1824-11-29)November 29, 1824 Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1911(1911-02-06) (aged 86) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (November 29, 1824 – February 6, 1911) was aU.S. representative fromIllinois and aUnion Army officer during theAmerican Civil War.
Born inBrownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners ofStark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark County from 1849 to 1853. He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice inToulon, Illinois.
Henderson served as a member of theIllinois House of Representatives in 1855 and 1856 and then as a member of theIllinois Senate (1857–1860). He entered theUnion Army in 1862 ascolonel of the112th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and fought in thesiege of Knoxville andAtlanta campaign being wounded at theBattle of Resaca. He commanded the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division,XXIII Corps, from August 12, 1864. He wasbrevettedbrigadier general in January 1865 and led his brigade at theBattle of Wilmington.
With the war's end, Henderson resumed the practice of law and moved toPrinceton, Illinois, in 1867. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Illinois in 1871.
Henderson was elected as aRepublican to theForty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1895). He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress), and of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Fifty-first Congress). He also served aschairman of the Republican conference in the House. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894.
He was appointed to the board of managers for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1896. He was appointed civilian member on the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications in 1900 and served until his death inWashington, D.C., on February 6, 1911. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery inPrinceton, Illinois.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 6th congressional district 1875–1883 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 7th congressional district 1883–1895 | Succeeded by |
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| Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947) | ||
| Armed Services Committee* (from 1947) | ||
*Alternately namedNational Security in 104th and 105th Congresses. | ||
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| Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947) | ||
| Roads (1913–1947) | ||
| Flood Control (1916–1947) | ||
| Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–) | ||
| Note | * Alternately namedPublic Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses andPublic Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses. | |
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