James Henry Dickey Henderson

James Henry Dickey Henderson ( born July 23, 1810 in Salem, Crittenden County, Kentucky, † December 13, 1885 in Eugene, Oregon ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and rise in Oregon

In 1817 James Henderson came into the Missouri Territory, where he attended the public schools and served an apprenticeship in the printing trade. Subsequently, he was also active in the field of theology. After moving to the Washington County in Pennsylvania, he worked as a pastor 1843-1851. He then returned to Missouri, where he edited a literary magazine. As an opponent of slavery, he felt in Missouri not well, because there were many slave owners there.

In 1852 he took over the Oregon Trail to Oregon and settled down first in Yamhill County and later in Lane County. There he was in the field of agriculture, especially with the fruit-growing, busy. In 1859 he became inspector in Lane County.

Congressman

Politically, Henderson Member of the Republican Party. In 1864 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he replaced John R. McBride on March 4, 1865. In Congress he was a member of the Committee on Pacific Railroad, the Mining Committee, the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Special Committee to investigate the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

1866 James Henderson was not nominated by his party for another term in the House of Representatives. Therefore, he resigned from the Congress on March 3, 1867. After his return to Oregon, he worked again in agriculture. At the same time he was a preacher. James Henderson was married to Mary E. Fisher, by whom he had at least five children.