UCLA Presents voteview.com beta 3

Welcome! We have just updated Voteview's aging codebase. In the process, we have fixed some nagging issues, added a few new features, and improved performance. If you notice anything that used to work that no longer does, please let us know.

HENLEY, Thomas Jefferson (1808-1875)

Democrat of Indiana

2nd congressional district

Served in House 1843-1849

Total roll-call votes cast: 1,335

Biography

A Representative from Indiana; born in Richmond, Ind., June 18, 1808; attended Indiana University at Bloomington; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828; engaged in banking; member of the State house of representatives 1832-1842 and served as speaker in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Patents (Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses); moved to California in 1849 and engaged in banking in Sacramento; member of the first State house of representatives 1851-1853; superintendent of Indian affairs of California 1855-1858; postmaster of San Francisco 1860-1864; died in Mendocino County, Calif., May 1, 1875; interment in Santa Rosa Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Sorting votes