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HENRY, John (1750-1798)

Federalist of Maryland

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1789-1799

Total roll-call votes cast: 274

Biography

A Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born at 'Weston,' on the Nanticoke River, near Vienna, Dorchester County, Md., in November 1750; attended West Nottingham Academy, Cecil County, Md., and graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1769; studied law at the Middle Temple in London; returned to the United States in 1775 and practiced law in Dorchester County, Md.; member, Maryland General Assembly; Delegate to the Second Continental Congress, 1778-1780; Delegate to the Confederation Congress, 1785-1786; was a member of the committee to prepare the ordinance for the government of the Northwest Territory; elected as one of Maryland's first two Members to the United States Senate in 1788; reelected in 1795 and served from March 4, 1789, until July 10, 1797; governor of Maryland 1797-1798; died at his country estate, "Weston," Dorchester County, Md., December 16, 1798; interment in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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